The Cameraman (Criterion Collection) (1928) on Blu-ray

Actor: Buster Keaton
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Genre: Comedy
Year: 1928
Studio: Criterion Collection
Length: N/A
Released: 6/16/2020
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: Blu-ray
Misc/Special Features: New 4K digital restoration undertaken by the Cineteca di Bologna, Criterion, and Warner Bros. New score by composer Timothy Brock "Spite Marriage," Buster Keaton’s 1929 feature for MGM Documentaries by Daniel Raim, and film historians Kevin Brownlow and Christopher Bird And more.
Language: English
Subtitles : N/A

DESCRIPTION:

Buster Keaton is at the peak of his slapstick powers in The Cameraman the first film that the silent-screen legend made after signing with MGM, and his last great masterpiece. The final work over which he maintained creative control, this clever farce is the culmination of an extraordinary, decade-long run that produced some of the most innovative and enduring comedies of all time. Keaton plays a hapless newsreel cameraman desperate to impress both his new employer and his winsome office crush as he zigzags up and down Manhattan hustling for a scoop. Along the way, he goes for a swim (and winds up soaked), becomes embroiled in a Chinatown Tong War, and teams up with a memorable monkey sidekick (the famous Josephine). The marvelously inventive film-within-a-film setup allows Keaton's imagination to run wild, yielding both sly insights into the travails of moviemaking and an emotional payoff of disarming poignancy.