Buster Keaton: A Bio-Bibliography
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Buster Keaton: A Bio-Bibliography
By (Author) Joanna Rapf
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Greenwood Press
24th January 1995
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Biography: arts and entertainment
Films, cinema
Bibliographies, catalogues
791.43028092
Physical Properties
Hardback
272
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
539g
Description
The world-weary cynicism, the acceptance of chaos, and the inevitability of the fading of romance that seem to characterise a post-holocaust generation make Keaton a favourite with today's audiences; they prefer his detached "cool" to Chaplin's often impassioned sentimentality and spirited commitment. There is no question that Keaton was an innovative film-maker with an instinctive awareness of the unique possibilities of the camera and that he anticipated the cinematic strides of such later masters as Renoir, Welles, Antonini, and Kubrick. Neither his content nor his structure seems dated. We can learn much from him, about the folly of pride, about the importance of persevering and about the fact that the value of a human life is not measured by money, but by work. Experts, students and enthusiasts should find great value in this book.
Reviews
Keaton is one of the most important figures in the art of cinema, and any library seriously supporting the study of film should consider this an essential purchase.-Choice
This book, appearing for the hundredth anniversary of Keaton's birth, is as complete as one could be at this time. The filmography is the most nearly complete to date.-Journal of American Culture
"Keaton is one of the most important figures in the art of cinema, and any library seriously supporting the study of film should consider this an essential purchase."-Choice
"This book, appearing for the hundredth anniversary of Keaton's birth, is as complete as one could be at this time. The filmography is the most nearly complete to date."-Journal of American Culture
Author Bio
JOANNA E. RAPF is Associate Professor of English and Film at the University of Oklahoma. She is widely published in film and literature journals and is currently working on a book about her grandfather: Harry Rapf: The Unknown Mogul at MGM. GARY L. GREEN was an Assistant Professor of English at Youngstown State University at the time of his sudden death from cancer at the age of 33.
