Cinema historians have analyzed Buster Keaton's career-killing contract with MGM for years. Now, one DVD set paints the full picture. Included here is THE CAMERAMAN, Keaton at his storytelling best, SPITE MARRIAGE, Buster's last purely silent comedy, presented as originally released by MGM with a squeaky, overwrought sound track and embarrassing sound effects, and FREE AND EASY, an MGM-scripted sound musical which tries to remold Buster into a Chaplinesque sad clown. The TCM Buster Keaton Collection allows the viewer to see -- one, two, three -- how wonderful silent comedy was in the hands of a master, how paranoid MGM was about signing The Great Stone Face in the dawn of the Talkies Era, and how soon Hollywood forgets its own. Tieing a wel-produced ribbon on the package is the TCM documentary "So Funny It Hurt". Now competitively priced, this is a collection that belongs in every DVD library.Read full review
I've bought this set because is the only one where you can find "free and easy".The quality is high.The price is right.I saved this dvd-set for my archives,because I wanted one more copy of "the cameraman" and of"spite marriage"too,both these two movies are the last Buster-free-talent's goodbye to the silent-age and to his free-art.I don't like "Free&easy",but I'm a Buster's fan and I've on my archives a lot of movies he made till his death that I don't like,I don't like them because I see a wasted actor-genius.Anyway he's able to make us laugh..he's got talent..so he can't lose it!!!And if you're a Buster's fan you can't lose this dvd-set.
This has two of the last silent pictures Buster Keaton made plus a talkie. The movie The Cameraman is harder to find now. They are all classic Buster Keaton. The silent movies are loaded with slapstick.
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I love this DVD of Buster Keaton. I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to see more Buster.
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Excellent edition to my video collection.
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