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By Raymond Benson
Most of the available home video options for the works of Buster Keaton consist of his classic—and brilliant—independent films of the 1920s… movies like Our Hospitality, Sherlock Jr., The Navigator, The General, Steamboat Bill Jr., among other features and many shorts. These have separately been repackaged and restored recently by companies like Kino Video and Cohen Media Group.
Now The Criterion Collection is grabbing a corner of the Buster Keaton market with the release of two of his pictures from the late 1920s, after the actor/director was forced to close his indie studio and sign a contract with MGM in order to survive. That’s right, Criterion’s new Blu-ray release of The Cameraman is a double feature! You get not only The Cameraman, Keaton’s 1928 first feature with MGM, but also the second title made with the studio,...
By Raymond Benson
Most of the available home video options for the works of Buster Keaton consist of his classic—and brilliant—independent films of the 1920s… movies like Our Hospitality, Sherlock Jr., The Navigator, The General, Steamboat Bill Jr., among other features and many shorts. These have separately been repackaged and restored recently by companies like Kino Video and Cohen Media Group.
Now The Criterion Collection is grabbing a corner of the Buster Keaton market with the release of two of his pictures from the late 1920s, after the actor/director was forced to close his indie studio and sign a contract with MGM in order to survive. That’s right, Criterion’s new Blu-ray release of The Cameraman is a double feature! You get not only The Cameraman, Keaton’s 1928 first feature with MGM, but also the second title made with the studio,...
- 6/5/2020
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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