Tag Archives: Buster Keaton

Buster on the big screen: a visit to the delightful Time Cinema

Posted on 2 June 2018 by silentsplease

‘Yesterday again today’ is the slogan for the Time Cinema, one of Wellington’s true hidden gems. Located in the suburb of Lyall Bay on Wellington’s south coast, what looks like a typical suburban house turns out to include a 39-seater … Continue reading →

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Anarchic architecture … Buster Keaton’s One Week (US 1920)

Posted on 10 February 2015 by silentsplease

One Week of 1920 is one of my favourite Buster Keaton shorts; it’s the one I show to friends as a gateway drug to silent cinema. Keaton’s first foray into solo film-making, it shows him at the height of his powers … Continue reading →

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Одна из Многих | One of Many (USSR 1927)

Posted on 11 November 2014 by silentsplease

A Soviet girl dreams of Hollywood in the charming short combined live action/animated film Одна из Многих | One of Many (USSR 1927). Like Потцелй Мери Пикфорд | A Kiss for Mary Pickford, also 1927, One of Many takes its cue … Continue reading →

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