2010, ISBN: 9780809330027

Filling a major gap in the critical canon, 'Keaton's Classic Shorts: Beyond the Laughter' chronicles the rapid growth in the filmmaker's understanding of what makes both comedy and film s… Mehr…

Filling a major gap in the critical canon, 'Keaton's Classic Shorts: Beyond the Laughter' chronicles the rapid growth in the filmmaker's understanding of what makes both comedy and film successful. Keaton developed his major themes in these nineteen silent short films shot between 1920 and 1923, creating his persona 'Buster' with his trademark stone face. These short films clearly indicate Keaton's love of the camera and his concern for composition, symmetry, and images that delight the eye and startle the mind.Oldham reconstructs each of these rarely seen films to enable the reader to 'watch' Keaton's performance, devoting a separate chapter to each. She analyzes each film's strengths, weaknesses, and prevalent themes and threads. She also enables readers to plumb the depths of what seems to be surface comedy through philosophical, biographical, historical, and critical commentary, thus linking the shorts together into a cohesive study of Buster Keaton's growth through his three-year independent venture as a filmmaker. Beyond the laughter and beyond the great stone face, Oldham presents a treasure of cinema comedy and a unique philosophy of life as captured by a great filmmaker. Buch (fremdspr.) Gabriella Oldham Taschenbuch, Southern illinois univ.press, 30.09.2010, Southern illinois univ.press, 2010<

ISBN: 9780809330027

Filling a major gap in the critical canon, 'Keaton's Classic Shorts: Beyond the Laughter' chronicles the rapid growth in the filmmaker's understanding of what makes both comedy and film s… Mehr…

Filling a major gap in the critical canon, 'Keaton's Classic Shorts: Beyond the Laughter' chronicles the rapid growth in the filmmaker's understanding of what makes both comedy and film successful. Keaton developed his major themes in these nineteen silent short films shot between 1920 and 1923, creating his persona 'Buster' with his trademark stone face. These short films clearly indicate Keaton's love of the camera and his concern for composition, symmetry, and images that delight the eye and startle the mind.Oldham reconstructs each of these rarely seen films to enable the reader to 'watch' Keaton's performance, devoting a separate chapter to each. She analyzes each film's strengths, weaknesses, and prevalent themes and threads. She also enables readers to plumb the depths of what seems to be surface comedy through philosophical, biographical, historical, and critical commentary, thus linking the shorts together into a cohesive study of Buster Keaton's growth through his three-year independent venture as a filmmaker. Beyond the laughter and beyond the great stone face, Oldham presents a treasure of cinema comedy and a unique philosophy of life as captured by a great filmmaker. Bücher > Fremdsprachige Bücher > Englische Bücher 236 x 155 x 25 mm , Southern illinois univ.press, Southern illinois univ.press<

2010, ISBN: 9780809330027

Beyond the Laughter, Buch, Softcover, Filling a major gap in the critical canon, Keaton's Classic Shorts: Beyond the Laughter chronicles the rapid growth in the filmmaker's understanding … Mehr…

Beyond the Laughter, Buch, Softcover, Filling a major gap in the critical canon, Keaton's Classic Shorts: Beyond the Laughter chronicles the rapid growth in the filmmaker's understanding of what makes both comedy and film successful. Keaton developed his major themes in these nineteen silent short films shot between 1920 and 1923, creating his persona "Buster" with his trademark stone face. These short films clearly indicate Keaton's love of the camera and his concern for composition, symmetry, and images that delight the eye and startle the mind. Oldham reconstructs each of these rarely seen films to enable the reader to "watch" Keaton's performance, devoting a separate chapter to each. She analyzes each film's strengths, weaknesses, and prevalent themes and threads. She also enables readers to plumb the depths of what seems to be surface comedy through philosophical, biographical, historical, and critical commentary, thus linking the shorts together into a cohesive study of Buster Keaton's growth through his three-year independent venture as a filmmaker. Beyond the laughter and beyond the great stone face, Oldham presents a treasure of cinema comedy and a unique philosophy of life as captured by a great filmmaker. [PU: Southern Illinois University Press], Seiten: 250, Southern Illinois University Press, 2010<

ISBN: 9780809330027

Paperback, [PU: Southern Illinois University Press], Filling a major gap in the critical canon, Keaton's Classic Shorts: Beyond the Laughter chronicles the rapid growth in the filmmaker's… Mehr…

Paperback, [PU: Southern Illinois University Press], Filling a major gap in the critical canon, Keaton's Classic Shorts: Beyond the Laughter chronicles the rapid growth in the filmmaker's understanding of what makes both comedy and film successful. Keaton developed his major themes in these nineteen silent short films shot between 1920 and 1923, creating his persona "Buster" with his trademark stone face. These short films clearly indicate Keaton's love of the camera and his concern for composition, symmetry, and images that delight the eye and startle the mind., Dance & Other Performing Arts, Dance & Other Performing Arts<

2010, ISBN: 9780809330027

Beyond the Laughter, Buch, Softcover, [PU: Southern Illinois University Press], Southern Illinois University Press, 2010