Posts Tagged ‘Steamboat Bill Jr.’

Wilmington on DVDs: Steamboat Bill, Jr., The White Ribbon, The Lovely Bones, Film Noir Classics, A Single Man … and more

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

CO-PICKS OF THE WEEK: CLASSICS

Steamboat Bill, Jr. (Ultimate Two-Disc Edition) (Also Blu-ray) (Four Stars)
U.S.; Charles F. Reisner (and, uncredited, Buster Keaton), 1928 (Kino)

Buster Keaton — he of the sad grave eyes, the unsmiling countenance and the omnipresent pork-pie hat — had undoubtedly the world’s most engaging poker-face. He also had a body born for slam-bang slapstick, and an absolute genius for complex mechanical gags that leave you agape. (more…)