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Frühe Meister der Filmkunst: Go West / Der Cowboy (1925)
Early masters of film art: Go West / The Cowboy (1925)
Event by: Filmkunst66
Location: filmkunst 66, Bleibtreustraße 12, Berlin - Bezirk Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
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USA 1925 * Director: Buster Keaton * Screenplay: Raymond Cannon * Production: Joseph Schenck * Camera: Elgin Lessley, Bert Haines * With: Buster Keaton, Howard Truesdale, Kathleen Myers, Ray Thompson and others * 83 min. FSK 0 * FBW “Particularly valuable” * Silent film with English intertitles.
Inspired by the general urge to go west Buster goes to a cattle farm, where he proves himself to be much worse as a cowboy than as a lifesaver for a cow. (filmdienst.de)
Charles Chaplin's “The Gold Rush” has just been released in cinemas. “Go West” was not just a western parody, but Keaton's answer to Chaplin's comedy style.
Keaton's excursion into Chaplin's terrain of pathos succeeded despite a somewhat over-stretched finale and has proven to be one of the highlights of his work to this day. (filmdienst.de)
Production had to be held up for about two weeks when the cow Brown Eyes refused to listen to commands during her rutting season.
The film was a huge commercial success and confirmed Keaton's status as one of the most successful comedians of his time.
Inspired by the general urge to go west Buster goes to a cattle farm, where he proves himself to be much worse as a cowboy than as a lifesaver for a cow. (filmdienst.de)
Charles Chaplin's “The Gold Rush” has just been released in cinemas. “Go West” was not just a western parody, but Keaton's answer to Chaplin's comedy style.
Keaton's excursion into Chaplin's terrain of pathos succeeded despite a somewhat over-stretched finale and has proven to be one of the highlights of his work to this day. (filmdienst.de)
Production had to be held up for about two weeks when the cow Brown Eyes refused to listen to commands during her rutting season.
The film was a huge commercial success and confirmed Keaton's status as one of the most successful comedians of his time.