[Reellife] Buster's Best

[dave olsen]

Starting tonight at Vancouver's Cinematheque <http://www.thecinematheque.ca/>, 
you can enjoy two feature films and a fully engrossing documentary of the one 
and only Buster Keaton.

Almost a hundred years ago, Buster was the biggest star in the film world.  And 
then it all changed...talkies arrived and he signed with MGM.  The 
improvisational genius of Buster, bred into him when he was only 3 years old on 
stage with his Vaudevillian Ma and Pa, was taken away by MGM's uber control.

Peter Bogdanovich's 2018 film, /The Great Buster/ 
<http://www.thecinematheque.ca/the-great-buster>, is a monument to this amazing 
star of film and later TV.  My 13 year old daughter was so engrossed by the 
amazing physical humour, she could recall most of his life's details two days later.

/The Great Buster/ <http://www.thecinematheque.ca/the-great-buster>is hilarious 
as it documents his up and down career; it even shows Buster's journey across 
Canada to film a series of CN passenger rail commercials.

It also suggests that the two other films in the Cinematheque's Buster Trio are 
his best features: /The General/ <http://www.thecinematheque.ca/the-general> 
(making fun in the middle of war) and /Steamboat Bill, Jr./ 
<http://www.thecinematheque.ca/steamboat-bill-jr>.

I think Buster, aka Stoneface, may have been the genesis of knock-down, physical 
humour, and the fact that he never used a stunt double is astounding, especially 
after you see what happens to his body!

You can check it out all this week and weekend at the Cinematheque 
<http://www.thecinematheque.ca/>:

/The Great Buster/ (PG) <http://www.thecinematheque.ca/the-great-buster>
Thursday, March 7 - 6:30pm
Friday, March 8 - 8:10pm
Saturday, March 9 - 6:30pm
Sunday, March 10 - 8:00pm

/The General/ <http://www.thecinematheque.ca/the-general> (G)
Wednesday, March 6 - 8:15pm
Friday, March 8 - 6:30pm
Saturday, March 9 - 8:30pm

/Steamboat Bill, Jr./ <http://www.thecinematheque.ca/steamboat-bill-jr> (G)
Thursday, March 7 - 8:30pm
Saturday, March 9 - 4:00pm
Sunday, March 10 - 6:30pm
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Warmly,
dave/
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