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Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag
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An Every Frame a Painting video essay on Buster Keaton's visual comedy, examining how he built and framed his gags. It uses clips from his silent films to show the thinking behind them.
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Recommended as a short, excellent analysis of Keaton and visual comedy.
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The Every Frame a Painting channel on YouTube has an excellent short piece on Buster Keaton covering some similar themes, but with more of a focus on camera frames than architecture: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Reminds me of some of the videos from Every Frame a Painting about visual comedy in film. Specifically "Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy" [1] and "Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag" [2]. They give and explain some great examples from different movies. [1] [LINK] [2] [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Video of some of his better stunts: [LINK] And a great Every Frame a Painting film essay on his work: [VIDEO] He was truly an innovator that makes today’s “films of people talking to each other” look amateurish. A few months ago the local theatre was playing Sherlock Jr. with a live band, and it was awesome. Try to see it in similar circumstances if possible.
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