Camera Man: Buster Keaton

“Those who care for Keaton cannot care mildly.” —James Agee“There are many ways and many reasons to care for Keaton—first, foremost, and forever, those sublime Buster Bits (as William Nestrick calls them), the ingenious gags and stunts that keep us laughing through our awe. Absurdity reigns in Keaton’s two-reelers, which, apart from being marvelously entertaining in themselves, were fertile experimental ground for gags, stunts, and techniques that show up in pristine form in the features that Keaton variously directed and produced.

Buster Keaton fans will want to focus on Criterion's “The Cameraman”

The Cameraman Year 1928 Director Edward Sedgwick et Buster Keaton Buster Keaton Stock Photo - Alamy

Yankee Stadium As You've Never Seen It - 1928

The Inessentials: The Cameraman – Suddenly, a shot rang out …

Camera Man: Buster Keaton

The Cameraman (1928): Buster Keaton's Last Great Silent Film

Silver Screening: The Cameraman - DC Public Library

The Cameraman - a rarely seen Buster Keaton masterpiece - Glebe Report

This Day In Buster…September 22nd 1928… 'The Cameraman' has its general release in the U.S. one week after opening in New York. Filmed by a monkey but, By Buster Keaton

The Camerman (1928)