FA+
Shop
266
Views
Views
4
Favorites
Favorites
Category
Artwork (Digital) / General Furry Art
Species Panda
Size 900 x 1047
File Size 407 kB
Report this content
More from Tigris
Listed in Folders
A signed photograph (technically speaking) of Harp, something that Harp would possibly put at Buster's gravesite or wherever fans put their momentos, private letters, and flowers for him. Since Harp has followed in Buster's comedic footsteps for much of his life, he has always wished to be trained by the master himself, but he knows that this cannot happen now. But this explains his feelings about being trained, to be more accurate at comedic timing, to take falls with perfect grace, and to be (at least) half as great as Buster. Maybe provided through luck-of-the-fall, or through spiritual guidance, he doesn't know how the world works, it just makes him feel better.
The photograph is a pose from Buster's film "The Navigator", and he's wearing Buster's usual costume (instead of the sailor suit from the film). The submarine hatch is being flipped open and he is about to be catapulted into the water. As Buster's crew members used to say "It's good luck when the boss gets wet." and he did get wet in nearly every film he's made.
(ballpoint pen, photoshopCS)
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton
1895-1966
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Keaton
The photograph is a pose from Buster's film "The Navigator", and he's wearing Buster's usual costume (instead of the sailor suit from the film). The submarine hatch is being flipped open and he is about to be catapulted into the water. As Buster's crew members used to say "It's good luck when the boss gets wet." and he did get wet in nearly every film he's made.
(ballpoint pen, photoshopCS)
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton
1895-1966
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Keaton
Category Artwork (Digital) / General Furry Art
Species Panda
Size 900 x 1047px
File Size 407 kB
Yes, he's done the "scout" in many films (on top of a train, a cow, a submarine hatch, a horse, in a tree, etc). Once, a LiveJournal Buster community tried to count how many films he did the scout in and turned out that it was over half of them, including some of his older films like "The Railrodder" and "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum". The scout is nearly as much of a trademark as his porkpie and deadpan expression.
Oh admire is an understatement, to me he's an obsession. I saw him first on TV in "The Cameraman" and that made me try to find all of his work. The only one I have yet to see are the films he did for Columbia, a few Educational films, some of the TV show appearances, and the Keaton/Arbuckle film "The Garage". I've always planned to go to the Buster fesival they do in Muskegon MI, but i'm in VA now so I can't do it. Though in March, i'm going to California to look at places where he filmed and pay my respects to him at Forest Lawn in Glendale. ...I could talk about him all day, seriously.. but I bore you with that. lol
Oh admire is an understatement, to me he's an obsession. I saw him first on TV in "The Cameraman" and that made me try to find all of his work. The only one I have yet to see are the films he did for Columbia, a few Educational films, some of the TV show appearances, and the Keaton/Arbuckle film "The Garage". I've always planned to go to the Buster fesival they do in Muskegon MI, but i'm in VA now so I can't do it. Though in March, i'm going to California to look at places where he filmed and pay my respects to him at Forest Lawn in Glendale. ...I could talk about him all day, seriously.. but I bore you with that. lol
Not at all! Keaton has fascinated me since I first saw his films in the 1960s.
Trivia fact: I lived near a small town in Quebec for 33 years, and in 1974, the school in that town showed THE RAILRODDER, in which Buster Keaton had zipped past the main street of that town in a railcar... ten years earlier. We all cheered when he went past "our" street.
Trivia fact: I lived near a small town in Quebec for 33 years, and in 1974, the school in that town showed THE RAILRODDER, in which Buster Keaton had zipped past the main street of that town in a railcar... ten years earlier. We all cheered when he went past "our" street.
Your page said you didn't have a TV, so I'm curious if you have seen any of his films since then. I know that some old theatres still show silent films every once in awhile. On Halloween Eve I've been to see Busters "Haunted House" and Harold Lloyds "Haunted Spooks" at an old atomospheric theatre with a japanese theme. Tis the only way to see them the right way, with live music provided by Wurlitzer organ.
Though there is an alternative to see them online too. I've found many of his films and kept the links to them at my buster page, including the Railrodder. http://busterfied.tripod.com/
haha that must've been awesome! Too bad you werent there when he was filming there! I hear he signed autographs for the kids and such.
Though there is an alternative to see them online too. I've found many of his films and kept the links to them at my buster page, including the Railrodder. http://busterfied.tripod.com/
haha that must've been awesome! Too bad you werent there when he was filming there! I hear he signed autographs for the kids and such.
Many of the films I've not seen in decades, but thanks to my parents and to friends with TV sets, I *have* had the opportunity to watch THE GENERAL, DAYDREAMS, THE PALEFACE, THE PLAYHOUSE, SEVEN CHANCES, COLLEGE, and STEAMBOAT BILL JR. within the past five to ten years. As far as I recall, I've never seen a Keaton film in an actual theatre.
Although I do watch DVDs on my computer, I have not yet picked up any Keaton films. They tend to be expensive, but I hope to have them, someday.
By the way, one film on DVD that I did buy last year is Jacques Tati's 1967 comedy, PLAY TIME -- an amazing film impossible to assess in a single viewing, because almost every moment is packed with peripheral sight gags way off in the background and lurking at the corners of the screen. Even as I watched it for a third time, I noticed little details that I had missed earlier. For all practical purposes, PLAY TIME could almost be a silent film, in which dialogue is far less important than sound effects. Amazing work -- I now want to see every Tati film ever made!
You mentioned Harold Lloyd: one of my favourite non-Keaton silent comedies was THE KID BROTHER, which I last saw 20 years ago but have never forgotten; I would love to see it again.
Although I do watch DVDs on my computer, I have not yet picked up any Keaton films. They tend to be expensive, but I hope to have them, someday.
By the way, one film on DVD that I did buy last year is Jacques Tati's 1967 comedy, PLAY TIME -- an amazing film impossible to assess in a single viewing, because almost every moment is packed with peripheral sight gags way off in the background and lurking at the corners of the screen. Even as I watched it for a third time, I noticed little details that I had missed earlier. For all practical purposes, PLAY TIME could almost be a silent film, in which dialogue is far less important than sound effects. Amazing work -- I now want to see every Tati film ever made!
You mentioned Harold Lloyd: one of my favourite non-Keaton silent comedies was THE KID BROTHER, which I last saw 20 years ago but have never forgotten; I would love to see it again.
Oooh, lots of great films! Though, just like me, you are missing "The Three Ages". I've had the chance to rent that one last year, it was amazing, like three films in one. The best part was that it was essentially the same story told three times in three different eras (caveman, roman empire, modern 1920s) and so it allows Buster to use a ton of props from each era (like two rocks become a baseball and bat). He's basically trying to beat his rival (Wallace Beery) so he can get the girl. So it becomes a battle of wits, one trying to outdo the other. It ends with a great football game.
I've seen a tiny clip from Tati's film "Jour De Fete" (1949) in the cartoon-film "Les Triplettes de Belleville" (2003) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286244/ (they also make references to others like Fred Astaire and Django Reinhardt, and somehow the main character looks like Buster to me). Anyway, thats the only thing of Tati's I was able to see, a short snippet of a chase scene of Tati on a moped and a cop on a motocycle, Tati takes a turn on a bridge, the cop goes straight and lands in a lil river.
I've seen The Kid Brother, it was good! It placed him as the underdog trying to be as good as his brothers (a good way of motivation) and it used the usual usage of illusions to outwit the enemy. Buster often used illusions and his acrobatic ability, but Lloyd was solely dependant upon illusions to escape from something or to get what he wants. I liked many of Lloyds films, "speedy", "the freshman", . Though, I also got to see his first talkie "Welcome Danger" which sucked, they destroyed his character by making him very mean and a pompous know-it-all that it made me wish he had continued doing his silents (though "The Milky Way" wasn't too bad of a talkie, but it wasn't *great* like his silents, but he was more close to his silent character).
Speaking of random silent film stars, have you seen Beatrice Lilly's "Exit Smiling" or any films from Mary Pickford or Charlie Bowers?
I've seen a tiny clip from Tati's film "Jour De Fete" (1949) in the cartoon-film "Les Triplettes de Belleville" (2003) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286244/ (they also make references to others like Fred Astaire and Django Reinhardt, and somehow the main character looks like Buster to me). Anyway, thats the only thing of Tati's I was able to see, a short snippet of a chase scene of Tati on a moped and a cop on a motocycle, Tati takes a turn on a bridge, the cop goes straight and lands in a lil river.
I've seen The Kid Brother, it was good! It placed him as the underdog trying to be as good as his brothers (a good way of motivation) and it used the usual usage of illusions to outwit the enemy. Buster often used illusions and his acrobatic ability, but Lloyd was solely dependant upon illusions to escape from something or to get what he wants. I liked many of Lloyds films, "speedy", "the freshman", . Though, I also got to see his first talkie "Welcome Danger" which sucked, they destroyed his character by making him very mean and a pompous know-it-all that it made me wish he had continued doing his silents (though "The Milky Way" wasn't too bad of a talkie, but it wasn't *great* like his silents, but he was more close to his silent character).
Speaking of random silent film stars, have you seen Beatrice Lilly's "Exit Smiling" or any films from Mary Pickford or Charlie Bowers?
Unfortunately, I've never seen EXIT SMILING or any Pickford or Bowers films... or Harry Langdon, for that matter. The Laurel & Hardy shorts and sound films, the Chaplin silents, the Keystone Cops and Buster Arbuckle shorts were always on TV throughout the early '70s; and in the early '80s, the french version of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation showed many of the Lloyd films, like SPEEDY, THE KID BROTHER and WHY WORRY? (all of which I would love to watch again!). I never did see WELCOME DANGER, but saw part of another 1930s Lloyd film that had none of the charm or energy of his silent films (which was painfully true as well for the very few Keaton sound films I've managed to see; but then, they weren't really his films at all, and he was merely starring in them).
Although I haven't seen JOUR DE FETE (except for film clips like the one you've mentioned), after watching PLAY TIME I want to see *all* of the Tati films... right now!
And no, I haven't seen THE THREE AGES, except for bits and pieces (like the dinosaur sequence, and the "blowing a kiss as he falls off a cliff to the woman who pushed him" sequence) that cropped up in the Kevin Brownlow documentary, BUSTER KEATON: A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW... which I would also love to see again.
I must say, I find it refreshing to discuss films with someone who does *not* believe that cinematic history began with STAR WARS. ;)
Although I haven't seen JOUR DE FETE (except for film clips like the one you've mentioned), after watching PLAY TIME I want to see *all* of the Tati films... right now!
And no, I haven't seen THE THREE AGES, except for bits and pieces (like the dinosaur sequence, and the "blowing a kiss as he falls off a cliff to the woman who pushed him" sequence) that cropped up in the Kevin Brownlow documentary, BUSTER KEATON: A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW... which I would also love to see again.
I must say, I find it refreshing to discuss films with someone who does *not* believe that cinematic history began with STAR WARS. ;)
haha Star Wars.. That was about the END of good cinema.. After that came computer animation and killed off the last bit of real acting there was.
Well.. I said things about A Hard Act To Follow in my other post to you, so I wont retype it. I love that docu (i rented it and now i'm in another state and cant get to it anymore!) and would love to see it again, too.
LOL sounds like you really need an eBay account. Tis the only way you'll find silent film things these days. Or get a program called WinMX, which is what I've used to get many of Keatons films, Laurel & Hardy films, and Keaton-Arbuckle shorts. It's alot like Napster except its free (may need to download a patch which is easy to do).
Well.. I said things about A Hard Act To Follow in my other post to you, so I wont retype it. I love that docu (i rented it and now i'm in another state and cant get to it anymore!) and would love to see it again, too.
LOL sounds like you really need an eBay account. Tis the only way you'll find silent film things these days. Or get a program called WinMX, which is what I've used to get many of Keatons films, Laurel & Hardy films, and Keaton-Arbuckle shorts. It's alot like Napster except its free (may need to download a patch which is easy to do).
haha Star Wars.. That was about the END of good cinema.. After that came computer animation and killed off the last bit of real acting there was.
Well.. I said things about A Hard Act To Follow in my other post to you, so I wont retype it. I love that docu (i rented it and now i'm in another state and cant get to it anymore!) and would love to see it again, too.
LOL sounds like you really need an eBay account. Tis the only way you'll find silent film things these days. Or get a program called WinMX, which is what I've used to get many of Keatons films, Laurel & Hardy films, and Keaton-Arbuckle shorts. It's alot like Napster except its free (may need to download a patch which is easy to do).
Tis great talking with you too. Its a rarity that someone knows what I'm talking about when it comes to films.
Well.. I said things about A Hard Act To Follow in my other post to you, so I wont retype it. I love that docu (i rented it and now i'm in another state and cant get to it anymore!) and would love to see it again, too.
LOL sounds like you really need an eBay account. Tis the only way you'll find silent film things these days. Or get a program called WinMX, which is what I've used to get many of Keatons films, Laurel & Hardy films, and Keaton-Arbuckle shorts. It's alot like Napster except its free (may need to download a patch which is easy to do).
Tis great talking with you too. Its a rarity that someone knows what I'm talking about when it comes to films.
Comments