Title:
The cameraman [blu-ray]
Edition:
Criterion collection.
Publication Date:
2020
Publication Information:
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (69 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781681437309
Abstract:
The final work over which he maintained creative control, this clever farce is the culmination of an extraordinary, decade-long run that produced some of the most innovative and enduring comedies of all time. Keaton plays a hapless newsreel cameraman desperate to impress both his new employer and his winsome office crush as he zigzags up and down Manhattan hustling for a scoop.
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1928.
Full screen (1.33:1).
Special features: New score by TImothy Brock; audio commentary from 2004 featuring Glenn Mitchell ; Spite marriage (1929), Buster Keaton's next feature for MGM ; Time travelers, a new documentary by Daniel Raim featuring interviews with Bengtson and film historian Marc Wanamaker ; So funny it hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM, a 2004 documentary by film historians Kevin Brownlow and Christopher Bird ; new interview with James L. Neibaur.
Performers:
Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, Sidney Bracy, Harry Gribbon.
Technical Details:
Blu-ray; full screen (1.33:1); requires Blu-ray player.
Geographic Term:
Language:
No linguistic content
Additional Language:
Silent film with musical accompaniment.
Added Corporate Author:
Audience:
Rating: Not rated.