Slideshow
Buster Keaton
GO WEST
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ONE WEEK
Sunday, March 6 at 12:40* ♪
*Introduced by Keaton biographer James Curtis
♪ Live piano accompaniment by Steve Sterner
Read excerpts from James Curtis' Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life on GO WEST and ONE WEEK.
GO WEST U.S., 1925
Directed by Buster Keaton
Starring Buster Keaton
DCP. Approx. 76 min.
Buster, as lonesome ranch hand “Friendless,” pines for his favorite leading lady: Brown Eyes – a cow he’s rescued from a cattle drive. Restored by Lobster Films.
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ONE WEEK (1920)
Described by Keaton as “only one third as shocking” as Elinor Glyn’s torrid best-seller Three Weeks, Buster and his bride struggle to construct a pre-fab house from purposefully scrambled instructions. Buster’s directorial debut. DCP. Approx. 19 min. Restored by Lobster Films.
Reviews
GO WEST
“Buster meets the wild and wooly West in this low-key but very enjoyable silent comedy… The climactic stampede is executed with typically Keatoneseque comic skill.”
– Leonard Maltin
ONE WEEK
“The comedy sensation of the year… Buster begins where other other comedians leave off.”
– Motion Picture World (1920)