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Sunday, Aug 20, 1995
Go West and Short Films
The Paleface (1921). Buster is the Indians' friend but convincing them of this is another matter. In this film Keaton begins to replace the sight gag with the kind of hair-raising stunts that would characterize the features-all, remember, performed without benefit of special effects or fakery of any kind. Just Keaton and the camera. (20 mins) The Blacksmith (1922). Buster, a unique sort of village smithy, shoes horses and repairs cars. And vice versa. With Keaton, Virginia Fox. (20 mins) The Balloonatic (1923). A hot-air balloon sets Buster out in nature, which is decidedly unwelcoming, as is Nature Girl Phyllis Haver. Don't try and make sense of it. Just enjoy it as a plotless practice run for the features. Though we can't help seeing a bit of .L'Age d' Or... With Keaton, Phyllis Haver. (25 mins)
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