Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Camera Man
This one is a biography of Buster Keaton. It's been years since I've read a Keaton bio, but this one piqued my interest. (The fact that the author was giving a presentation at a screening of Keaton's Go West that I attended might have influenced me a bit.) Unlike a typical biography, Ms. Stevens interweaves the account of Buster's life with reports of other people and events of the time. I was treated to excurses on things like the Gerry Society, the Childs restaurant chain, the birth of film fandom, and personalities such as Roscoe Arbuckle, Bert Williams, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Depending on the topic, I was either fascinated or bored, but all in all I appreciated the approach. I'm very glad I checked this one out. Ms. Steven created a new experience out of a familiar story.
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