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The Shorts Collection 1917-1923
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As new generations of viewers discover the magic of silent cinema, Buster Keaton has emerged as one of the era's most admired and respected artists. Behind the deadpan expression and trademark porkpie hat was a filmmaking genius who conceived and engineered some of the most breathtaking stunts and feats of visual trickery, while never losing sight of slapstick cinema s primary objective: laughter. Produced by Lobster Films, BUSTER KEATON: THE SHORTS COLLECTION includes all 32 of Keaton s extant silent shorts (thirteen of which were produced in collaborations with comedians Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle and Al St. John). These 2K restorations were performed utilizing archival film elements from around the world, and promises to be the definitive representation of Keaton s early career.
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 15.52 ounces
- Item model number : 35344917
- Director : Buster Keaton
- Media Format : NTSC, Widescreen
- Run time : 12 hours and 18 minutes
- Release date : May 24, 2016
- Actors : Buster Keaton
- Studio : Kino Classics
- ASIN : B01CJCQG22
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 5
- Best Sellers Rank: #41,679 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #2,492 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
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Sadly Laurel & Hardy have not had such luck and not truly had a fully comprehensive silent DVD release, let alone a blu Ray collection...please lobster restore all the L&H silents, please!!
Anyway I digress, this set is superb in my opinion. I owed the Masters of Cinema DVD release I owned the Art of Buster Keaton DVD set and all the Kino blu Rays including the first short films collection 1920-23.
First of all the Arbuckle/Keaton shorts have never looked better and are all accompanied by entertaing and fitting scores.
Some people have complained about the "modern" compositions and the vocal elements used in Coney Island. If we want future generations to enjoy and love Keaton like we do and I'm only 29 myself we need to move them in to the modern era and using more modern orchestrations I think is a positive if it is done well, which I believe it has been, in this collection.
I have no complaints what so ever about the Arbuckle/Keaton shorts the films are steady played at the right speed and are beautifully restored and the music compliments it all superbly.
When it comes to the Keaton shorts, again some people have negative views on some of the prints used.
Although I do agree that some of the prints like One Week look a little bit white and does not have as much grey scaling as the previous blu Ray release. The prints themselves all look clean clear and and at times astounding...My Wife's Relations, The Love Nest, Neighbors to name a few.
If the images appear softer to some people that is because they have been digitally restored. Removing as many film blemishes as possible and sadly one of the affects of this is it slightly softens the picture. Yet every film has more detail than any previous collection.
I loved the previous Kino shorts release but looking at it now I can see film jumps, inaccurate speeds and so much dirt and not quite as much clarity in the films.
The scores on the Keaton solos are fantastic I particularly enjoyed the music for The "High" Sign, One Week, Cops, My Wife's Relations, The Love Nest and The Playhouse.
It is so exciting to see an alternate and as the booklets notes confirm, definitive version of Keaton's The Blacksmith...at last we get to see this film and admire it as a classic and not as a lesser short.
The new version is for me is the only version I will watch now although well done to Lobster for giving us two full versions.
We have the most complete versions of Convict 13, Day Dreams and Hard Luck and they all feature improved footage and of course we have the ending of Hard Luck on blu-Ray...at last!!!!!!
Plus I also prefer the much funnier ending of My Wife's Relations, it is hilarious.
These are all the most comprehensive and complete films we have ever had of Keaton's shorts and I believe it will be the most comprehensive for a long time.
In conclusion aside my very minor quibbles over the lack of grey scaling on a couple of the pictures this collection is crisp, clean, clear, complete and with the best soundtracks I've heard, they truly bring these films to life like never before!
Buy this set! For sure if you're a Keaton fan and if you are a movie buff or have interests in silent cinema you should own this collection!!!
Lobster did a superb job with Chaplins - Keystone, Essanay and Mutual films and they have done fantastic work on so many other great silent films, it's film preservationalists like them that set the standard and why we get to see these once thought lost films in HD and looking amazing!
That's my review I will stop waffling now.
Buy!!!
If you are a Buster Keaton fan you should have this collection for sure for it has films that he did when he had the most creative control during his career.
Lobster was involved with that set and has collaborated with Kino on this collection as well. If you have the British 4 DVD set go ahead and buy this one, otherwise skip it and just buy Kino's release.
Pro
1. Better set of extras at Kino
2. The 6+ minute fragment of "Moonshine" that Masters of Cinema had is presented here in full length form (that looked good, I haven't watched the Kino version)
3. M of C put a 180 page book with their set, not worth a lot- mostly some people commenting on some of the films. Kino has included a much smaller but vastly more informative booklet, only thing wrong with it is the tiny print.
Con
Only one really…I found the M of C films to be not very "restored", some of the offerings especially scratchy at the start. I was hoping Kino had done more cleanup work for this edition…not as much as I'd hoped for. So far I've watched only "The Scarecrow" and "Neighbors", no real scratch improvement.
I'd expected a better picture but still think that this is the "Shorts" collection to own.
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Los primeros dos discos son cortos de Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle, en los que aparece (y, en algunos, coprotagoniza Keaton). Aunque algunos son disfrutables, ninguno llega a la talla de aquellos dirigidos por Keaton mismo (que son los otros tres discos de la colección). Aquí Keaton trabajaba como independiente, haciendo lo que mejor le pareciera, y los resultados son increíbles. Es Keaton llegando a puntos que nadie volvería a alcanzar. Excelentes comedias. Completamente.
En cuanto a la remasterización, muchas de las películas han sido conservadas muy pobremente. Me parece que se han logrado los mejores resultados posibles, viendo el lamentable estado de las copias físicas. Un enorme trabajo de remasterización.
Al final, está es una enorme labor de recopilación y remasterización que recupera los excelentes esfuerzos de Keaton en cortometrajes, antes de comenzar a realizar largometrajes, en un altísimo punto creativo. Una joya para quien sea que disfrute de la comedia silente.
Disc1
ファッティとキートンのおかしな肉屋(デブ君の女装)(The Butcher Boy , 1917)
デブ君の入婿 (The Rough House, 共同監督, 1917)
デブ君の結婚 (His Wedding Night, 1917)
デブ君の医者 (Oh Doctor, 1917)
ファッティとキートンのコニー・アイランド(デブ君の浜遊び) (Coney Island, 1917)
ファッティとキートンのアウト・ウェスト(デブ君の出稼ぎ) (Out West, 1918)
Disc2
デブ君の給仕 (The Bell Boy, 1918)
デブ君の巌窟王 (Moonshine, 1918)
ファッティとキートンのグッドナイト・ナース(デブ君の入院) (Good Night, Nurse!, 1918)
デブのコック (The Cook, 1918)
デブの舞台裏(ファッティとキートンの初舞台) (Back Stage, 1919)
飼葉の種 (The Hayseed, 1919)
デブの自動車屋 (The Garage, 1919)
Disc3
キートンのハイ・サイン (The High Sign, 共同監督, 1921)
文化生活一週間(キートンのマイホーム) (One Week, 共同監督, 1920)
キートンの囚人13号(ゴルフ狂の夢) (Convict 13, 1920)
キートンの案山子(スケアクロウ) (The Scarecrow, 共同監督, 1920)
キートンの隣同士 (Neighbors, 共同監督, 1920)
キートンの化物屋敷 (The Haunted House, 共同監督, 1921)
キートンのハード・ラック(悪運) (Hard Luck, 共同監督, 1921)
Disc4
キートンの強盗騒動(悪太郎) (The Goat, 1921)
キートンの即席百人芸(キートンの一人百役) (The Playhouse, 共同監督, 1921)
キートンの船出(漂流) (The Boat,兼脚本, 共同監督, 1921)[18]
キートンの白人酋長(キートンの酋長、キートンのハッタリ酋長) (The Paleface, 共同監督, 1922)
キートンの警官騒動 (Cops, 1922)
キートン半殺し(キートンの猛妻一族、キートンの飴ン棒、キートンの華麗なる一族) (My Wife's Relations, 1922)
Disc5
キートンの鍛冶屋 (The Blacksmith, 1922)
キートンの北極無宿 (The Frozen North, 共同監督, 1922)
成功成功(キートンの白日夢) (Day Dreams, 共同監督, 1922)
キートンの電気屋敷(電気館) (The Electric House, 共同監督, 1922)
キートンの空中結婚(キートンの昇天) (The Balloonatic, 1923)
捨小舟 (The Love Nest, 共同監督, 1923)
1917年から1923年までの作品が収録されている。キートンが監督した作品は全て収録、出演のみで欠損があるが、現存していない可能性がある。
画質は綺麗に修正されており、それぞれ画面に寄り添った音楽が付けられていて、日本の会社が販売したモノよりはるかに観やすい。
改めて拝見して、セットの大掛かりさに驚かされます。
チャップリンが最下層のルンペンからのドラマであることに対し、手に職をつけた中流階級からのドラマを見せてくれる。なので、何かを考えさせられることなく単純に笑いとアクションを楽しむ作品群です。
You will not get Keaton's early works in any better condition and completeness than you see them here.Heretofore to buy all of these shorts in previous sets(and not nearly in the condition they are presented in here) you would have had to have paid a kings ransom.Now they are here all together and in great condition at a relatively reasonable price.It is a set no Keaton fan or silent film buff should be without.