A master comedian of the silent period
Buster Keaton is second only to Charlie Chaplin as the greatest comedian of the silent era. Keaton’s physical comedy, deadpan expression, and pork pie hat were his trademarks, and he used them all in creating sympathetic, hardluck characters who persevere through every obstacle. He reached his peak years between 1920 and 1929, when he made features as well as shorts, and he both acted in and directed many of his films. “The Buster Keaton Collection, Volume 4” contains two of these feature films.<br /><br />“Go West” (1925) relies on lots of sight gags and Keaton’s acrobatic abilities. His character, Friendless, has few prospects in Indiana. Exchanging his meager possessions for a loaf of bread and a salami, he  heads out west, hoping for greater opportunities. He winds up on a cattle ranch in Arizona and stays as a hired hand because of his affection for the boss’ daughter (Kathleen Myers). But he’s hopeless at doing chores. He figures that putting a pail under a cow and waiting will yield a bucket of fresh milk. To mount a large horse, he uses a rope ladder. His only friend is Brown Eyes, a cow. He has pried a painful stone from her hoof, and now she follows him everywhere. She even protects him from a charging bull. He later saves her from branding. When he learns she’s bound for the slaughterhouse, he  jumps into action.<br /><br />The cowboys have to move the boss’s herd of cattle onto a train bound for the stockyards of Los Angeles. Friendless sneaks on with them. On the way, the train is hijacked. With the train stopped on the tracks, the film’s big comic set piece begins. Friendless escapes with the whole herd and heads for downtown Los Angeles, where the cattle meander through busy streets, enter stores, and stop traffic, terrorizing people and causing havoc.<br /><br />The best part of “Go West” is the relationship between Friendless and Brown Eyes. Charming and funny, it’s the core of the film, with gags built around the affection between man and beast. This may be the first and only film with a cow as the co-star. Oddly expressive, Brown Eyes is a scene stealer, and contributes to many of the movie’s sight gags. By the end of the film, we are won over by her bovine sweetness.<br /><br />“Go West” doesn’t quite come up to the high standard of Keaton’s “The General” or “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” and the gags aren’t as spectacular. Keaton plays his typical, hapless Everyman, a fish out of water in a new environment, inept and awkward at every turn, struggling through trials and tribulations as he tries his best to fit in. Keaton’s timing and brisk editing move the film along at a nice clip. There’s little extraneous footage, and even a flirtatious moment with the boss’ daughter is glossed over quickly to get on with the comedy.<br /><br />“College” (1927) features Keaton as Ronald, a young man graduating from high school who’s more interested in books than athletics. His commencement speech, criticizing the emphasis on athletics in modern education, quickly clears the auditorium. Ronald enrolls in Clayton College to be near his sweetheart, Mary (Anne Cornwall). Mary likes Ronald but has lots of suitors and wants her man to prove himself in conventional ways, by excelling at sports.<br /><br />To work his way through college, Ronald gets jobs as a drug store soda jerk, making a mess of ice cream sodas and, in a dated sequence, applies for a job as “colored waiter,” wearing blackface and shuffling lazily from table to table.<br /><br />Most of the film is devoted to Ronald’s trying his skill (and failing miserably and comically) at baseball, shot put, javelin, hurdles, pole vault, and high jump. The film climaxes with Ronald as coxswain on the rowing team. The finale finds him rising to the occasion as he incorporates all these athletic skills into exploits that save Mary from the campus bully. The inside joke of “College” is that Keaton was extremely athletic, as his many daring cinematic stunts proved.<br /><br />Even at only 66 minutes, “College” seems overly long, with many of the gags easily telegraphed well before we see them. The big set piece is the rowing race, which features some excellent camera work and crisp editing. Though all the actors are far too old to be playing high school seniors and college freshmen, the film is a comedy and that may have been part of the joke.<br /><br />Buster Keaton’s silent films have stood the test of time largely due to their availability. In 1954, Keaton made a deal with Raymond Rohauer to have his films re-released in theaters, and revivals in art houses followed. With the rise of home video, his pictures were once again available to younger  generations. Keaton relied on props, his hang-dog expression, and astonishing agility to portray the underdog struggling against a world that seemed to plot against him. But he prevailed time and time again, entertaining audiences in the process.<br /><br />Bonus materials on the Blu-ray release include the 1923 Hal Roach short “Go West,” the audio-only “Buster Keaton: Screenwriter,” and trailers.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : New 4K restorations of two of Buster Keaton's greatest works, both featuring orchestral scores by Carl Davis. Many critics consider The General to be the last great comedy of the silent era, and it consistently ranks as one of the greatest films of all time on international critics' polls. Set during the Civil War and based on a true incident, the film is an authentic-looking period piece that brings the scope and realism of Matthew Brady-like images to brilliant life. Keaton portrays engineer Johnnie Gray, rejected by the Confederate Army and thought a coward by his girlfriend (Marion Mack). When a band of Union soldiers penetrate Confederate lines to steal his locomotive, Johnnie Gray sets off in pursuit. And in Steamboat Bill, Jr., as the son of a steamboat captain, Buster falls in love with the daughter of a rival steamboat owner. When a cyclone rages, Buster proves himself a hero by rescuing his love and her father from a watery grave.Bonus Content:.