I love Buster Keaton and early Bogdanovitch but this was somehow kind of disappointing.
I can tell that Bogdanovitch loved Buster, but he clearly doesn’t know how to say it. The whole thing felt like a love letter without a hint of heart.
Also, the chronological order of this was uneven and slightly nonsensical : Why would he talk about his death (occurring in 1966) and then talk about his early films in 1920s that have already been mentioned twice already?
But anyway, it was great to see Buster’s performances, including some I had never seen before..!
I love Buster Keaton and early Bogdanovitch but this was somehow kind of disappointing.
I can tell that Bogdanovitch loved Buster, but he clearly doesn’t know how to say it. The whole thing felt like a love letter without a hint of heart.
Also, the chronological order of this was uneven and slightly nonsensical : Why would he talk about his death (occurring in 1966) and then talk about his early films in 1920s that have already been mentioned twice already?
But anyway, it was great to see Buster’s performances, including some I had never seen before..!
