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Author:
James Curtis
Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf
Date:
February 15, 2022
A wide-reaching biography of the actor dubbed by James Agee "The Great Stone Face," who emerged as the darling dare-devil of silent cinema.
What The Reviewers Say
Excellent.
... comprehensive.
Keaton fans have often complained that nearly all biographies of him suffer from a questionable slant or a cursory treatment of key events. With Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker’s Life—at more than 800 pages dense with research and facts—Mr. Curtis rectifies that situation, and how. He digs deep into Keaton’s process and shows how something like the brilliant two-reeler Cops went from a storyline conceived from necessity—construction on the movie lot encouraged shooting outdoors—to a masterpiece.
Fans of Keaton, as well as classic cinema, will be delighted to read James Curtis’s new book.
