I just added "stuntman" to his repertoire on Wikipedia. I was surprised nobody put it up there, considering he was one of the best stunt actors in cinema history.
Why so many comparisons to Chaplin and Keaton in the comments? Delicious foods come in differant flavors. They are both genious and to be commended!!!!!
This has to be the most heated argument of the silent film era-who's funnier, Keaton or Chaplin? I like them both. Chaplin was funnier but is often too sentimental for my taste. Keaton always took his outrageous fortune stoically. Keaton was funniest when after a near death experience he would calmly look into the camera with that deadpan face like nothing had happened. My favorite of Keaton's is Go West, But Sherlock, Jr was technically better than anything Chaplin or anyone else did in 20s
@finnemccool Keaton is great. and I understand your dislike of Chaplin's "sentimental" side. However, "The Kid" tops the list of greatest 1920's flicks.
@BenjaminSasquatch The Kid was a very important movie because it was made in 1921, and it was the first full length blockbuster comedy-drama. But it can't compare technically to Sherlock, Jr, and Keaton did all his own stunts. He even fractured his neck doing the water tower/train scene. I have seen both The Kid and Sherlock, Jr more than once, so I appreciate them both. They are both great films, but if you haven't seen Sherlock, Jr. lately, check it out. It is a landmark film.
@finnemccool Sherlock Jr is aq great flick, seen it dozens of times. It wouldve been interesting to see it with Fatty Arbuckle as the director (as you prob know, he was originally signed on as the director). Im not taking anything away from Buster, he's the man. And all those crazy stunts he did are to this day still amazing to me. I dunno how he survived, and how he went years not realizing he had broken/fractured his neck. nuts.
Duke of Truth I sooo agree! I first discovered Buster Keaton last month when I watched his short films on Bridges TV. Been a fan ever since. He's awesome!
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP i've just bought a copy of this but runs too slow - 105 mins when it should be around 75 mins, anyone know who does the best print ? All the web sies selling it list all the extras in the running time so it's very hard to find the right one.
Hey, I've been to Cottage Grove, Oregon! If I had known that it was where Buster Keaton filmed parts of "The General", I would've... kissed the ground or something.
Both incredible talents, but Chaplin always played to tug at your heartstrings; Keaton asked no quarter and played to stoic resolve. Also, Chaplin never did a "stunt" in his life and was always doubled; Keaton did all of his own.
@peetie44 it's definitely not true that Chaplin never did a stunt in his life... I don't think he ever used a stunt double. Admittedly there's less dangerous stuff in his films than in Buster's
@peetie44 It's true that Chaplin's comedy wasn't stant-oriented. His comedy was more intimate, based on comic mannerisms, imaginative use of simple objects, combined with an emotional core. But he did do stunts, and never used a stunt double. Take the scene in "The Fireman" where he scales the side of a building. Or "The Circus", where he's actually in a cage with a lion. Not huge stunts, maybe, but like I said, big stunts weren't his style. Probably saw them as detracting from personality.
WHERE ON EARTH CAN I GET A COPY OF THE FILM WITH *THIS* MUSIC!!! The sound effects and music in here are amazing. The 2 versions I have arn't as good. Anyone know where I can find this???
buster was a genius in his own right and invented many routines that are considered classics. many of them would be replayed in later modern cartoons.
Years ago, I was sitting at home watching TCM, and the film The King of Kings came on. It was silent...I liked it and found silent's interesting. Then I saw Buster Keaton's The General and I was HOOKED!!!
Hahaha i read in a keaton biography that all in the same day, Keaton had part of his finger cut off if i remember, and he was literally pulled out of a window by a storm. It was hilarious. I love Buster Keaton. He, Chaplin, and the Marx Bros are probably my favorites :)
Truly amazing. I don’t care how many times it’s said - it’s true. The likes of Keaton genuinely deserved their praise and wages after the exertion they put into their craft.
This is my favourite Buster Keaton film, I do not believe Keaton can be matched by any stunt artist! By the way in any versions of "The General" DVD is this the music used?
I can't remember where i read it, but someone wrote something to the effect that his comedy was based on his bewilderment of the world around him -- especially other people. To me that's the best comedy and I identify with it the most.
Just watched The General and really enjoyed it. I agree however with the commenter below - I wouldn't compare Chaplin to Keaton, just too different. Personally I prefer Chaplain but The General raised Buster Keaton up in my mind. Check out my film study blog Cinema Cram or find us on Facebook - search Cinema Cram
Keaton was one of the first filmmakers to make long outdoor movies and back then, it was embarrasing to do those since the equipement was extremely huge and heavy.
Ahead of his time because having total control on a movie of your own is something you can't do anymore today for reasons not worth to explain. An heritage I guess that's not seen on TV quite often.
@SR722 Jackie Chan paid HUGE amounts of homage to Mr. Keaton. Matched by few perhaps, but Jackie Chan brought hundreds of great physical comedy gags. Of course it is all owed to Buster Keaton, I'm just saying Jackie Chan is just as awesome in a different but familiar way.
@SR722, He won't. How fortunate we are that his genius is recorded for us to enjoy today. Imagine all the wonderfully funny people, from all walks of life and all regions of the globe, who lived through all those centuries before there was any means to capture their jokes!
For the stunts and the silent films he did. He risk his life for our entertainment. Sherlock jr. was flawless for his stunts and they didn't have special effects back in the day. He did everything.
Keaton was famous for his "great stone face", never showing an expression, and his various dangerous stunts. He was very athletic, even though he most often played a fool. You should watch the youtube video "Buster Keaton can can" to see how entertaining he was.
Studying Chaplin vs. Keaton in class right now. Basically, as people mentioned, Keaton was famous for being stone faced, Chaplin was expressive. Chaplin's movements (and most of the characters in his films) were more exagerrated while Keaton's is more downplayed or "naturalist". Plus, Keaton was a great athlete who even broke his neck once and kept going without realizing it.
The General was the first Keaton full length I saw, and still I'd have to say as much as I love all/any of his work it's still the best in my opinion.
What surprised me though in The General was the length of the film didn't actually dull the movie by being too long, I honestly feel it's a perfect movie in any sense.
I remember a documentary from when I was a little kid and (bear with me my memory's a little fuzzy here) I remember a shot of Buster doing a building jump stunt or something like that and he fell, does anyone else know of this? (Might not have been Buster but I vividly remember the doc taking a minute or two to talk about it and show the clip, incidentally the person lived against all odds).
There's a scene like that in"Three Ages",where Keaton tries to jump between two buildings and falls. This was an accident,but it looked funny enough that they actually used it in the movie. The scene which immediately follows,which shows Keaton saving himself by grabbing a drainpipe,was filmed a few days later - after he had recovered from his injuries!
He was nowhere near dying,though. You should also check out"Sherlock JR",where he fell off a water tower,broke his neck - and DIDN'T NOTICE!
Holy shit how that's not an entry in the usual internet articles/videos about "old school people who were fucking awesome" I'll never know. Thanks for the tip I'll go combing the net for these amazing feats.
I think the reason Chaplin is more famouse and popular. Is because of his movies being more controversial. Besides that. They basically the same in my books.
@JeffHigs1: Chaplin and Keaton are basically "the same" in your books? probalby because they were both silent movie clowns. But calling them "basically the same" is like calling Mozart and Beethoven "basically the same" because they both made classical music. They are different artists with distinct individual personalities, calling them "basically the same" is just downright ignorant and simply wrong.
@DonFarshido lol. When I first read that, I thought to myself "Mozart and Beethoven are basically the same". Since for a while I've become great fans of both Chaplin and Keaton. I've even read the Buster Keaton Autobiography and currently half way through Chaplins Autobiography. I now can see that they both have very different and unique styles.
I love how your comment has gotten the most thumbs up too haha.
@JeffZHigs1, sure, they're "basically the same," except of course that Mozart wrote during the classical period and Beethoven during the romantic, which had an entirely different worldview and aesthetic mandate. Other than that, they're basically the same.
@DonFarshido They were the same in the sense of being clowns in B and W films. Yet i noticed this film reel is not as scratchy, or beat up as Chaplin's reels. Were they from the same time? I am not sure. It seems like no.
@Paperhouse81 The General was made in 1927, I believe. Chaplin's shorts, which are the ones that have scratches and such, are mostly from before 1920. Check Chaplin's film, "The Gold Rush", made two years before "The General"...it's in good shape.
Buster makes me cry as well as much as Chaplin makes me laugh. These polar differences between Chaplin and Keaton are constructions. They are different, but in a different way than most people claim.
This film is definitely awesome (albeit sorta gloomy) and Buster looks so cool with longer hair ;) it's not a typical physical comedy. I can imagine how hard it was to film all these scenes on a train - he did it all by himself! Awesome man.
Chaplin and Keaton are among the greatest directors and are maybe the two most graceful performers of cinema history. So if you like Chaplin, you should check out Keaton, and be ready to see a completely different personality. You have to get into it, then you'll know and appreciate the Keaton-humour, the Keaton-melancholia, the Keaton-feeling, a very different kind of feeling than the Chaplin-feeling.Some of it is even easier to identify with,since Chaplin at times seems to huge a persona(lity)
I love this movie, if u ever can I highly recommend you pick it up. The comedy in this movie is at it's best. If you haven't seen it you'd be surprised at how evolved the man vs women humor is, its great.
I agree totally, I have released a version that I hope you will like. With GOOD music , if you like Scott Joplin. I posted 2 clips yesterday. Please take a look, I'd love to hear your opinion.
did u know he broke his back on the set? it was a scene with a water spout... forgot which movie it was, but he broke his back, finished the shot, and walked off the shot like nothing!!!!
@cecisota12 It was his neck, while shooting Sherlock, Jr. He never even knew it was broken until many years later, when it was revealed by X-ray. He said that since that day, he'd suffered from chronic headaches, but otherwise had no idea anything was wrong.
A masterpiece! The best version of this brilliant film is the Photoplay one, with the wonderful music by Carl Davis. Mr Davis also did a fabulous score for 'Our Hospitality'. I wish he could have done the same for all of Buster's films - Buster was the best, so he deserves the best!
Charlie Chaplin's the kid blows out anything buster ever did, However I found Buster to be found funnier.
VenMethod 4 days ago
according to people who knew him he was jolly,he laughed and smiled often in real life
bibi5027 1 month ago
I like these movies better than today's to be honest, they just have such pure comedy!
Thetechguy2000 2 months ago
I just added "stuntman" to his repertoire on Wikipedia. I was surprised nobody put it up there, considering he was one of the best stunt actors in cinema history.
SuperGamer87 2 months ago 3
The link in the info doesn't work anymore
Aliboolally 2 months ago
Why so many comparisons to Chaplin and Keaton in the comments? Delicious foods come in differant flavors. They are both genious and to be commended!!!!!
jettyoeill 2 months ago
I don't know why I always used to make a mess out of his name "Keaster Burton" lol. He's a damn good actor, I prefer his movies than Chaplin's ones.
sickfuck999 3 months ago
This is awesome!!! I had heard of Buster Keaton, but I didn't realize, before today how amazing his films were.
ms0487a 3 months ago 3
Jackie Chan gets his inspiraition from him
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The best visual comic that ever graced the screen....absolute Legend
pyrofella 4 months ago
The best visual comic that ever graced the screen....absolute Legend
pyrofella 4 months ago 2
an amazing performer real hollywood a favorite always!!!!
fluffydolly 5 months ago
Anyone who has seen Chaplin and Keaton films knows there's a humongous difference.
GamingJesters 5 months ago
that is are masing
101thecollector 6 months ago
Great to see this with the commentary. I love Buster Keaton.
coolhairmel 7 months ago
In soviet russia stunts perform you
RulerOFmany 8 months ago
It always amazes me that they couldn't afford to get someone to tune that piano.
Cheddar420ful 8 months ago
ABSOLUTE GENIUS
felipesancho 8 months ago
chaplin was a romantic comedy and keaton an action comedy, both equally entertaining.
mysticindian 9 months ago
How could someone give this a thumbs down?! That was pretty damn awesome...I'll have to check out more by Keaton.
Take your CGI and stuff it.
MaestroTJS 9 months ago
This has to be the most heated argument of the silent film era-who's funnier, Keaton or Chaplin? I like them both. Chaplin was funnier but is often too sentimental for my taste. Keaton always took his outrageous fortune stoically. Keaton was funniest when after a near death experience he would calmly look into the camera with that deadpan face like nothing had happened. My favorite of Keaton's is Go West, But Sherlock, Jr was technically better than anything Chaplin or anyone else did in 20s
finnemccool 9 months ago 6
@finnemccool Keaton is great. and I understand your dislike of Chaplin's "sentimental" side. However, "The Kid" tops the list of greatest 1920's flicks.
BenjaminSasquatch 8 months ago
@BenjaminSasquatch The Kid was a very important movie because it was made in 1921, and it was the first full length blockbuster comedy-drama. But it can't compare technically to Sherlock, Jr, and Keaton did all his own stunts. He even fractured his neck doing the water tower/train scene. I have seen both The Kid and Sherlock, Jr more than once, so I appreciate them both. They are both great films, but if you haven't seen Sherlock, Jr. lately, check it out. It is a landmark film.
finnemccool 8 months ago
@finnemccool Sherlock Jr is aq great flick, seen it dozens of times. It wouldve been interesting to see it with Fatty Arbuckle as the director (as you prob know, he was originally signed on as the director). Im not taking anything away from Buster, he's the man. And all those crazy stunts he did are to this day still amazing to me. I dunno how he survived, and how he went years not realizing he had broken/fractured his neck. nuts.
BenjaminSasquatch 8 months ago
@BenjaminSasquatch No, I didn't know that Arbuckle was to be the director. Interesting.
finnemccool 8 months ago
The General is on Turner Classic Movies April 11th 2011 @ 10:30pm pst.
mikepants34 9 months ago
I can tell Buster Keaton by his run alone .
trechea 10 months ago
Hard to believe this was one of Keaton's worst pictures at the box office.....
SadlifeProduction 11 months ago
Intelligent Gentleman like this have not worked in Hollywood since his passing.
Nationsnotregimes 11 months ago
And I never even liked silent films BTW LOL. His are actually hilarious though. They're the only ones I'll probably watch. LOL
lenamay521 11 months ago
Duke of Truth I sooo agree! I first discovered Buster Keaton last month when I watched his short films on Bridges TV. Been a fan ever since. He's awesome!
lenamay521 11 months ago
my name is keaton so thats why i typed it in type in keaton426
keaton426 1 year ago
Is it a real cannon? :O
FrederikMeyer 1 year ago
Buster was far funnier than Chaplin. Buster played the "everyman".
Dukeoftruth 1 year ago
DAMN! He almost sunk that piece of wood into the cannon too!! He's so amazing!
staphinfection 1 year ago 2
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP i've just bought a copy of this but runs too slow - 105 mins when it should be around 75 mins, anyone know who does the best print ? All the web sies selling it list all the extras in the running time so it's very hard to find the right one.
leej70 1 year ago
Hey, I've been to Cottage Grove, Oregon! If I had known that it was where Buster Keaton filmed parts of "The General", I would've... kissed the ground or something.
FlippinBooks 1 year ago
Both incredible talents, but Chaplin always played to tug at your heartstrings; Keaton asked no quarter and played to stoic resolve. Also, Chaplin never did a "stunt" in his life and was always doubled; Keaton did all of his own.
peetie44 1 year ago
@peetie44 it's definitely not true that Chaplin never did a stunt in his life... I don't think he ever used a stunt double. Admittedly there's less dangerous stuff in his films than in Buster's
luckywood 1 year ago
@peetie44 It's true that Chaplin's comedy wasn't stant-oriented. His comedy was more intimate, based on comic mannerisms, imaginative use of simple objects, combined with an emotional core. But he did do stunts, and never used a stunt double. Take the scene in "The Fireman" where he scales the side of a building. Or "The Circus", where he's actually in a cage with a lion. Not huge stunts, maybe, but like I said, big stunts weren't his style. Probably saw them as detracting from personality.
Ashiman12 1 year ago
if you like to see the movies history watch *BIRTH OF CINEMA* in youtube and enjoy.
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Paperhouse81 1 year ago
WHERE ON EARTH CAN I GET A COPY OF THE FILM WITH *THIS* MUSIC!!! The sound effects and music in here are amazing. The 2 versions I have arn't as good. Anyone know where I can find this???
wwrr98 1 year ago
@wwrr98 amazon.com theres a combo dvd and you choose to have the oregon music or some other option i forget what. it was like 25 dollars.
racson316 1 year ago
I wish I was born in that era.
prokentsful 1 year ago
Genius ! Sorely missed ...
Hemulen40 1 year ago
"...Or was killed".
HARKENSCYLD 1 year ago 16
buster was a genius in his own right and invented many routines that are considered classics. many of them would be replayed in later modern cartoons.
Zendishwasher1 1 year ago
KEATON more action!!!!! Gotta appreciate the CLASSICS!!!! They are what make dance what it isbelieve it or not!!!
candylaurenkaryn 1 year ago
Years ago, I was sitting at home watching TCM, and the film The King of Kings came on. It was silent...I liked it and found silent's interesting. Then I saw Buster Keaton's The General and I was HOOKED!!!
Basssinger86 1 year ago
Yep....Hes amazing. Cant top him...
iloveoreos15 1 year ago
if you like to see the history of movies watch *BIRTH OF CINEMA* in youtube and enjoy
spirmessi 1 year ago
Hahaha i read in a keaton biography that all in the same day, Keaton had part of his finger cut off if i remember, and he was literally pulled out of a window by a storm. It was hilarious. I love Buster Keaton. He, Chaplin, and the Marx Bros are probably my favorites :)
CharlieChaplinsAngel 1 year ago
Truly amazing. I don’t care how many times it’s said - it’s true. The likes of Keaton genuinely deserved their praise and wages after the exertion they put into their craft.
Liesel93 1 year ago
I watcht hat movie yesterday i cant believe the whole time i was rooting for the Confederacy.lol But the gags were awesome^^ made me laugh
lalalalalatechno 1 year ago
This is my favourite Buster Keaton film, I do not believe Keaton can be matched by any stunt artist! By the way in any versions of "The General" DVD is this the music used?
SouthernRailwayFan 1 year ago
chaplin the nº1
keaton the nº2
Nokturno 1 year ago
I can't remember where i read it, but someone wrote something to the effect that his comedy was based on his bewilderment of the world around him -- especially other people. To me that's the best comedy and I identify with it the most.
adultcynic 1 year ago
if you like to see the history of movies watch * BIRTH OF CINEMA* in youtube and enjoy
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spirmessi 1 year ago
One of the greatest comedians. I mention Keaton in The Celebrity Song.
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spirmessi 1 year ago
Just watched The General and really enjoyed it. I agree however with the commenter below - I wouldn't compare Chaplin to Keaton, just too different. Personally I prefer Chaplain but The General raised Buster Keaton up in my mind. Check out my film study blog Cinema Cram or find us on Facebook - search Cinema Cram
christedrick 1 year ago
I always loved Buster. I always saw him as a genius. No matter how many times I see him doing stuff like this, I am in awe. It never gets old for me.
alicethedork 1 year ago
A new tribute to buster Keaton in 3D !
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PoPoF44 1 year ago
Cool
peacemtn 1 year ago
thanks, i'm interested in keaton's works.i hope one day i could see the whole documentary
fredlezonard 1 year ago 2
A legendary cultural Icon for the town of Cottage Grove Oregon.
spiralcosmosart 1 year ago
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bonsoloco 1 year ago
Молодец чувак.
Osaoil 1 year ago
he was born in piqua kansas
9troyboy 2 years ago
what?
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Just send them messages asking them to unsubscribe?
Harriet123P 2 years ago
btw where did that cannon come from?
xaxie1 2 years ago
Keaton was one of the first filmmakers to make long outdoor movies and back then, it was embarrasing to do those since the equipement was extremely huge and heavy.
Ahead of his time because having total control on a movie of your own is something you can't do anymore today for reasons not worth to explain. An heritage I guess that's not seen on TV quite often.
sinning1966 2 years ago
when that water hit him it broke his neck he didn't realise for about twenty years or so
swordfish1929 2 years ago
why load the cannon? makes no sence!?
podak10 2 years ago
he wanted to shoot over his own train to hit the one in front of him.... but.... it worked a bit different :-)
chrigel1234 2 years ago
the original Jackie Chan haha
weBjammin625 2 years ago 2
Before CG!
sturnfield7783 2 years ago 2
omg dude this guy is my great great great great great uncle. NO LIE.
MsTwilight55 2 years ago
1 to many greats to be REAL!
TimeSpliTT 2 years ago 2
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Jim Carrey matched Buster Keaton. Anyone agree ?.
Hectorferjr2 2 years ago
Such a comedic genius, I don't know if Buster will ever be matched.
SR722 2 years ago 43
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jackie chan pwned him.
kangaroojoe 2 years ago
@SR722 Jackie Chan paid HUGE amounts of homage to Mr. Keaton. Matched by few perhaps, but Jackie Chan brought hundreds of great physical comedy gags. Of course it is all owed to Buster Keaton, I'm just saying Jackie Chan is just as awesome in a different but familiar way.
richardcalleros 1 year ago
@SR722, He won't. How fortunate we are that his genius is recorded for us to enjoy today. Imagine all the wonderfully funny people, from all walks of life and all regions of the globe, who lived through all those centuries before there was any means to capture their jokes!
EyeLean5280 1 year ago
@SR722 Buster would dissagree with you
He said 'Chaplin wasn't the funniest, I wasn't the funniest, this man was the funniest' he said that at the funeral of stan laurel
MINIHermanator 11 months ago
Buster Keaton was the one.
IsabelDhampir82 2 years ago 9
The narrator sounds like Orson Welles
Celevive 2 years ago 3
It is Orson Welles. This is a clip from a documentary on which Welles comments on the genius of Buster Keaton. The genius commenting the genius.
Tungantonio 2 years ago 6
fantastic. I must see more!
Celevive 2 years ago 3
Hi, can I ask what Buster Keaton is famous for?
I've got a studying list for uni, I know Charlie Chaplin is famous for slapstick and his controversy, but what is Buster Keaton famous for?
Whats the difference between them visually, performance wise and structure? x
vmcarter 2 years ago
For the stunts and the silent films he did. He risk his life for our entertainment. Sherlock jr. was flawless for his stunts and they didn't have special effects back in the day. He did everything.
PirateKnowHow 2 years ago 3
Keaton was famous for his "great stone face", never showing an expression, and his various dangerous stunts. He was very athletic, even though he most often played a fool. You should watch the youtube video "Buster Keaton can can" to see how entertaining he was.
Feanaro5503 2 years ago 2
Studying Chaplin vs. Keaton in class right now. Basically, as people mentioned, Keaton was famous for being stone faced, Chaplin was expressive. Chaplin's movements (and most of the characters in his films) were more exagerrated while Keaton's is more downplayed or "naturalist". Plus, Keaton was a great athlete who even broke his neck once and kept going without realizing it.
WolfeyesVIII 2 years ago 2
I sincerely hope you're not being serious.
JohnDesmoulins 2 years ago
The General was the first Keaton full length I saw, and still I'd have to say as much as I love all/any of his work it's still the best in my opinion.
What surprised me though in The General was the length of the film didn't actually dull the movie by being too long, I honestly feel it's a perfect movie in any sense.
jeannec1 2 years ago
I remember a documentary from when I was a little kid and (bear with me my memory's a little fuzzy here) I remember a shot of Buster doing a building jump stunt or something like that and he fell, does anyone else know of this? (Might not have been Buster but I vividly remember the doc taking a minute or two to talk about it and show the clip, incidentally the person lived against all odds).
zyphoid666 2 years ago
There's a scene like that in"Three Ages",where Keaton tries to jump between two buildings and falls. This was an accident,but it looked funny enough that they actually used it in the movie. The scene which immediately follows,which shows Keaton saving himself by grabbing a drainpipe,was filmed a few days later - after he had recovered from his injuries!
He was nowhere near dying,though. You should also check out"Sherlock JR",where he fell off a water tower,broke his neck - and DIDN'T NOTICE!
Busterkeatonrules 2 years ago 6
Holy shit how that's not an entry in the usual internet articles/videos about "old school people who were fucking awesome" I'll never know. Thanks for the tip I'll go combing the net for these amazing feats.
zyphoid666 2 years ago 2
i just got a print of his great funny classic.
CharlieNation 2 years ago
what's the name of the song playing in the train scenes?
Atylaalicerce 2 years ago
This is great, thanks for posting :)
girlhitsbus 2 years ago
I think the reason Chaplin is more famouse and popular. Is because of his movies being more controversial. Besides that. They basically the same in my books.
JeffZHigs1 2 years ago
@JeffHigs1: Chaplin and Keaton are basically "the same" in your books? probalby because they were both silent movie clowns. But calling them "basically the same" is like calling Mozart and Beethoven "basically the same" because they both made classical music. They are different artists with distinct individual personalities, calling them "basically the same" is just downright ignorant and simply wrong.
DonFarshido 2 years ago 115
@DonFarshido a good point well made
3LARI 1 year ago
@DonFarshido I totally agree, Yes Chaplin and Keaton are Movie stars. But no way are they the same.
SouthernRailwayFan 1 year ago
@DonFarshido exactly. I couldn't agree more. :)
CharlieChaplinsAngel 1 year ago
@DonFarshido lol. When I first read that, I thought to myself "Mozart and Beethoven are basically the same". Since for a while I've become great fans of both Chaplin and Keaton. I've even read the Buster Keaton Autobiography and currently half way through Chaplins Autobiography. I now can see that they both have very different and unique styles.
I love how your comment has gotten the most thumbs up too haha.
JeffZHigs1 1 year ago
@JeffZHigs1, sure, they're "basically the same," except of course that Mozart wrote during the classical period and Beethoven during the romantic, which had an entirely different worldview and aesthetic mandate. Other than that, they're basically the same.
EyeLean5280 1 year ago
@DonFarshido They were the same in the sense of being clowns in B and W films. Yet i noticed this film reel is not as scratchy, or beat up as Chaplin's reels. Were they from the same time? I am not sure. It seems like no.
Paperhouse81 1 year ago
@Paperhouse81 The General was made in 1927, I believe. Chaplin's shorts, which are the ones that have scratches and such, are mostly from before 1920. Check Chaplin's film, "The Gold Rush", made two years before "The General"...it's in good shape.
Ashiman12 1 year ago
@DonFarshido Bravo, sir.
CoolerKing37 4 months ago
is this the guy from batman?
mtw1945 2 years ago
YES. How did you know....
acutellamaphobia 2 years ago 2
different people have different senses of humour. I feel that Buster's humour is timeless and delightful.
fredastairefan 2 years ago
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burtv1610 2 years ago
Chaplin was more sentimental and more interested in making you cry, Buster only wanted you to laugh.
thearchives 2 years ago 2
Buster makes me cry as well as much as Chaplin makes me laugh. These polar differences between Chaplin and Keaton are constructions. They are different, but in a different way than most people claim.
DonFarshido 2 years ago
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I dont know why people always consider this a classic. I dont find it funny at all.
DUNGSI27 2 years ago
dungs127, you really have bad taste in movies. this is the # 1 greatest silent movie ever in the silent era!!!!
CharlieNation 2 years ago
you can't beat the classics.
bibibabkagirl 2 years ago
This film is definitely awesome (albeit sorta gloomy) and Buster looks so cool with longer hair ;) it's not a typical physical comedy. I can imagine how hard it was to film all these scenes on a train - he did it all by himself! Awesome man.
genatzvalee 2 years ago
Thank you Damfino for this VERY SPECIAL posting!! Buster Keaton was the best of all physical comedians of all time...
candylaurenkaryn 2 years ago 3
0:04 - 0:22
Ancient scarred unhappiness.
(I am at a loss to find the right words describing it but I think I can sense it.)
His first marriage was very unlucky.
ramzahnY 2 years ago
he was a film hero. Try to do this stuff today. if ya think its shit dont watch it then.
spumpkins33 2 years ago 2
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film hero? its a shit
WifiArnyek 2 years ago
you mean Buster Keaton?
DonFarshido 2 years ago
No, wifiarnyek, your shit. if you don't like it, then DON'T WATCH IT!!!!
CharlieNation 2 years ago
ive just found this guy, and he inspires me. he is amazing.
curiousdwarf93 2 years ago 3
haha @ 2:03
Imagine a studio going to a present-day insurance company with THAT stunt.
gokinsmen 2 years ago 5
lol
11iknowu 3 years ago
How does buster compare to chaplin? I am not familiar with keaton's work, but chaplin's "modern times' is the funniest movie I have ever seen.
tristramshandy3 3 years ago
you need to watch the general, one of the BEST movies ever made imo. and the south wins in this one, truth!
Gathol 3 years ago
Chaplin and Keaton are among the greatest directors and are maybe the two most graceful performers of cinema history. So if you like Chaplin, you should check out Keaton, and be ready to see a completely different personality. You have to get into it, then you'll know and appreciate the Keaton-humour, the Keaton-melancholia, the Keaton-feeling, a very different kind of feeling than the Chaplin-feeling.Some of it is even easier to identify with,since Chaplin at times seems to huge a persona(lity)
DonFarshido 2 years ago 4
I always liked Keaton much more than Chaplain. Keaton played an "everyman" type character, just an average guy who faced extraordinary adventures.
kurthanson2005 2 years ago 4
I love this movie, if u ever can I highly recommend you pick it up. The comedy in this movie is at it's best. If you haven't seen it you'd be surprised at how evolved the man vs women humor is, its great.
iceman1121988 3 years ago
This is the worst thing I have ever heard. But so cool to watch.
Kurtyoungblood 3 years ago
I agree totally, I have released a version that I hope you will like. With GOOD music , if you like Scott Joplin. I posted 2 clips yesterday. Please take a look, I'd love to hear your opinion.
eyemeric 2 years ago
Buster Keaton is my film hero.......He once broke his neck on set and they kept rolling, capturing footage of him getting up and running away.
What a MAN.
lilbigA 3 years ago
my little boy would never sit still for anything on tv.
except for Buster Keaton.
louloupicklepuss 3 years ago
Your little boy has appreciation for great art.
DonFarshido 3 years ago 2
Can u watch these movies on line
deansusky 3 years ago
"the cameramen had orders to keep shooting until Buster yelled, 'Cut!' or was killed." <-- I miss The Good Old Days!
SamIamb 3 years ago 4
And he didn't have a stuntman!!!
premiedusten 3 years ago
lol you would first have to find a stuntman doing the things he does.
DonFarshido 3 years ago
i think if he found a stuntman, he too would need a stuntman, that would be keaton.
fusionfreq 3 years ago 2
he was his own stuntman...
did u know he broke his back on the set? it was a scene with a water spout... forgot which movie it was, but he broke his back, finished the shot, and walked off the shot like nothing!!!!
amazing. :)
cecisota12 2 years ago
@cecisota12 It was his neck, while shooting Sherlock, Jr. He never even knew it was broken until many years later, when it was revealed by X-ray. He said that since that day, he'd suffered from chronic headaches, but otherwise had no idea anything was wrong.
RobinHood3000 1 year ago
Ooooh, my dad showed me his movies when I was a kid and I was sooo in love with him :D
CeciliaJohansson1984 3 years ago 2
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shawty2fyne07 3 years ago
The Best 3 Buster Keaton Films:
1. Speak Easily
2. Parlor, Bedroom, & Bath
3 Steamboat Bill jr
SuperDoopz 3 years ago
I think that Steamboat Bill is heavily overrated (still a great picture of course), whereas "Our Hospitality" is totally magnificent.
DonFarshido 3 years ago
nice, really good
alvarobakano18 3 years ago
fantastic keaton was a master
strakna 3 years ago
Indeed he was strakna,indeed he was.He's still my all time favorite sight~gag comedian.
ReneeNme 3 years ago
what documentary/feature is this from? like at the end with the interviewer talking to keaton?
jsXanatos 3 years ago
I'm glad AFI recognized it as one of the great movies of all time and putting it in the Top 20 really makes all us Keaton fans very happy.
Bash316 3 years ago
BRILLIANT !
Hemulen40 3 years ago
I love this guy
DonFarshido 3 years ago
he hand made all his own hats too
williestratton 3 years ago
He was a great arist! It's fantastic and amazing!
FilmTraum 3 years ago
Man, this is ridiculous.
shortaweekproject 3 years ago 2
I have the general, the three ages and steamboat bill jr. on dvd ^^
Keaton is great, greater than chaplin
OwenJackson 3 years ago 3
A masterpiece! The best version of this brilliant film is the Photoplay one, with the wonderful music by Carl Davis. Mr Davis also did a fabulous score for 'Our Hospitality'. I wish he could have done the same for all of Buster's films - Buster was the best, so he deserves the best!
Pamfino 3 years ago
buster is freaking amazing. all his own stunts.
THEtinybrat24 3 years ago 5
I don't find him as funny as find him quite brilliant, those stunts are insanity
USCHoodman 3 years ago
Come on we ALL know who's the best.
destybenway 3 years ago
Oh my god.
THE BEST <3
xnoraax 3 years ago 4
Haha the best!
kaycat11 3 years ago 4
I just saw this for the first time on AMC the other nite and it was one of the funniest movies I have ever seen.. I laughed so hard
WagonDriver58 3 years ago 3
I don't know about love, but i wish i was his best friend!
srvfan454 3 years ago 7
i am in LOVE with buster keaton!
Supergirl941 3 years ago 8
any of yall ever seen the love nest? it's hysterical!
hieiandkurama234 4 years ago 3