Lecture 2: Keaton
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1. The Fred Ott Principle, continued
• The myth of technological determinism, A paradox: capitalism and the movies
2. The Great Train Robbery (1903)
3. The Lonedale Operator (1911)
4. Buster Keaton
• Acrobat / actor, Technician / director, Metaphysician / artist
5. The multiplicity principle: entertainment vs. art
6. The General (1927)
• "A culminating text", Structure, The Keaton hero: steadfast, muddling
Required films:
Griffith , D.W. A Beast at Bay (view film)
Keaton, Buster. One Week (view film)
Keaton, Buster. Cops (view film)
Keaton, Buster. The General (view film)
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Somebody please give this guy a ridilin! He needs to slow down and not stutter. He's all over the place with his points and especially in the very beginning its like playing a fragmented hard drive on a record player.
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