There ain't no such animal.

♥

There's little better than Buster Keaton on a Saturday night. I made the mistake of watching some Buster Keaton shorts in the A/V room of the library; it's got to stay quiet in there and as an external library user I'm not allowed to take DVDs out of that room. Trying not to laugh aloud through a Buster Keaton film with Fatty Arbuckle in a hilarious duration of drag is possibly the most painful sensation known to man (or, in this case, woman). As a Buster and Fatty fan, I really shoulda known better! Coney Island (1917) is quite simply one of the best films ever made. No, it isn't Bresson, but it's the kind of film that true film lovers -- not film scholars -- understand and talk about the best.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6-H06G7eiE&feature=related

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv77EwvStpM&feature=related

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcBHze5Owqc&feature=related

(Worth getting the DVD, as the YouTube quality is poor for this one. Hard to see the faces, and that's important!)