"The Great Buster: A Celebration" review by Kenneth Turan
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Channel: Los Angeles Times · 2018 · Entertainment
A peerless silent film comic actor and director whose best work feels remarkably modern, Buster Keaton bridges a cultural continuum from vaudeville to Samuel Beckett, with unexpected stops like “Beach Blanket Bingo” and “How To Stuff A Wild Bikini” along the way. Says director Werner Herzog, “Buster Keaton is the essence of movies,” and it is hard to argue with that.
Herzog is one of the film notables appearing in “The Great Buster: A Celebration,” an amusing and authoritative documentary directed by Peter Bogdanovich that both satisfies the true believer and offers the agnostic a place to begin.
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