Comments on: Keaton’s Kontraptions (Jul, 1947) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/02/keatons-kontraptions/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:01:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Torgo http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/02/keatons-kontraptions/comment-page-1/#comment-1064223 Torgo Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:15:52 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6521#comment-1064223 My favorite is still The Playhouse. Instead of Erector Sets, maybe MGM could have given him an actual movie to work on. And yes, I know about the stateroom scene, but that's just not enough for me. My favorite is still The Playhouse.

Instead of Erector Sets, maybe MGM could have given him an actual movie to work on. And yes, I know about the stateroom scene, but that’s just not enough for me.

]]> By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/02/keatons-kontraptions/comment-page-1/#comment-1064220 Toronto Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:44:54 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6521#comment-1064220 Didn'y mean to have sounded persnickity - I just love Buster Keaton's camera tricks. Remember the house falling down on him (I think that was in The Navigator.) It was a combination of art, skill, and guts, with just enough sfx to bind it all together. Didn’y mean to have sounded persnickity – I just love Buster Keaton’s camera tricks. Remember the house falling down on him (I think that was in The Navigator.) It was a combination of art, skill, and guts, with just enough sfx to bind it all together.

]]> By: Sean http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/02/keatons-kontraptions/comment-page-1/#comment-1064219 Sean Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:05:52 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6521#comment-1064219 Pardon. I just meant that there were no special effects in that scene. If we want to get picky, I would say that firing blank cartridges counts as special effects. Pardon. I just meant that there were no special effects in that scene. If we want to get picky, I would say that firing blank cartridges counts as special effects.

]]> By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/02/keatons-kontraptions/comment-page-1/#comment-1064195 Toronto Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:01:34 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6521#comment-1064195 The General actually has _some_ special effects. I seem to recall a shot that makes the camera seem to go through a hole in a tablecloth, for example. Keaton was very innovative with film, as well as with Erector sets. The General actually has _some_ special effects. I seem to recall a shot that makes the camera seem to go through a hole in a tablecloth, for example. Keaton was very innovative with film, as well as with Erector sets.

]]> By: Sean http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/02/keatons-kontraptions/comment-page-1/#comment-1064186 Sean Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:28:16 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6521#comment-1064186 I love Buster Keaton movies. He beats Chaplain hands down. If you want a good place to start with him, rent or Netflix "The General". A great Civil War movie made when there were still plenty of people around who lived through it. The scene where he blows up a bridge and runs a train off of it is unforgettable. (No special effects. Real bridge. Real train.) The amount of comedy that he can get through to the audience with no sound is also incredible. I love Buster Keaton movies. He beats Chaplain hands down. If you want a good place to start with him, rent or Netflix “The General”. A great Civil War movie made when there were still plenty of people around who lived through it. The scene where he blows up a bridge and runs a train off of it is unforgettable. (No special effects. Real bridge. Real train.) The amount of comedy that he can get through to the audience with no sound is also incredible.

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