tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post1819031302614266555..comments2024-01-21T11:18:54.087-05:00Comments on Lost in the Movies: Our HospitalityJoel Bockohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-41618824489021933392008-08-28T09:26:00.000-04:002008-08-28T09:26:00.000-04:00I haven't read any Keaton biographies, unfortunate...I haven't read any Keaton biographies, unfortunately, but I'm putting <I>Silent Clowns</I> by Walter Kerr on my holiday wish-list. In writing about Chaplin and preparing posts for Keaton, I keep seeing references to that book and hear it is essential for any film junkie.T.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00945932279787919282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-8556628334076212652008-08-27T00:36:00.000-04:002008-08-27T00:36:00.000-04:00Have you read any Keaton biographies? I'd love to ...Have you read any Keaton biographies? I'd love to know how far his direction of the films extended, since he usually had a co-director and (if I'm not mistaken) sometimes was not credited as director at all.Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-60412445518714700322008-08-25T19:28:00.000-04:002008-08-25T19:28:00.000-04:00Stellar review of a Keaton classic... the percenta...Stellar review of a Keaton classic... the percentage of his output that can be described as great is remarkable when you compare him as an actor/director to other actor/directors. I remember showing my wife, then my girlfriend, the scene toward the end with Keaton hanging from the rope and swinging back and forth across the waterfall. Her reaction was, "So what? It's a movie stunt." :(T.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00945932279787919282noreply@blogger.com