Buster Keaton - if you are aware of that name and I reckon your are at least a little bit, you are also aware of his legacy. He is named often when it comes to best comedians of all time. And no matter what your point of view here is (you may be a Chaplin guy or be more into the group dynamic like Marx Brothers or Stooges or something else), you can't deny that he was a genius in front of the camera ... but also apparently behind the camera. No pun intended here.
I'm not entirely sure of the timeline, but this might be the last silent movie Buster Keaton did (there is a music track of course, but no spoken dialog). Whatever the case this is another showcase of how funny Buster could be ... physically. And he did a lot of his own stunts - kind of like a Jackie Chan did way later and someone many may recognize more nowadays. Not judging either way and you shouldn't either. No one can know everyone. Although as far as I know, Jackie refers to Buster Keaton as an inspiration. And talking about inspiration: this movie was remade a couple of decades later with another actor - in that case as a "talky"(so spoken dialog and not cards with words every now and then). Which shows the impact Buster and his movies had .. the fact that The Camera Man was used by MGM to show others how comedies should be and feel like ... says more than a thousand words. The ending here may feel a bit put upon - the last 10 minutes that is, but it still works overall
I'm not entirely sure of the timeline, but this might be the last silent movie Buster Keaton did (there is a music track of course, but no spoken dialog). Whatever the case this is another showcase of how funny Buster could be ... physically. And he did a lot of his own stunts - kind of like a Jackie Chan did way later and someone many may recognize more nowadays. Not judging either way and you shouldn't either. No one can know everyone. Although as far as I know, Jackie refers to Buster Keaton as an inspiration. And talking about inspiration: this movie was remade a couple of decades later with another actor - in that case as a "talky"(so spoken dialog and not cards with words every now and then). Which shows the impact Buster and his movies had .. the fact that The Camera Man was used by MGM to show others how comedies should be and feel like ... says more than a thousand words. The ending here may feel a bit put upon - the last 10 minutes that is, but it still works overall