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Buster Keaton DVD Release; Any comments on the quality?
Topic Started: Nov 27 2008, 07:10 AM (1,284 Views)
CliffClaven
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Pa Stark
Sep 15 2009, 09:15 AM
SHERLOCK JR. should just blow anyone away who sees it. Hard to believe that everything Keaton did was done exactly as it looks, without special effects, and except for one scene in COLLEGE, did all his own stunts. My other favorite Keaton film is SEVEN CHANCES. Somewhere I read that the boulder sequence was done as an after thought.
Yes, the boulder chase was added to Seven Chances after the completed film was previewed. They felt the need for something to top the rampaging brides (who, in my humble opinion, are funnier if a tad less amazing that the boulders). The books say it was inspired by a few accidental rolling stones getting a laugh.

Sherlock Jr. is the one Kino release I'd like to see redone. During the famous movie screen bit elements of picture vibrate a bit -- implying clumsy photographic effects rather than a flawed DVD transfer. Aside from that, the Kino Keaton box is still an essential.
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