Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood

Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood (2016)

February 7th, 20160h 52min

Documentary
79%

Overview

In 1926, Buster Keaton was at the peak of his glory and wealth. By 1933, he had reached rock bottom. How, in the space of a few years, did this uncontested genius of silent films, go from the status of being a widely-worshipped star to an alcoholic and solitary fallen idol? With a spotlight on the 7 years during which his life changed, using extracts of Keaton’s films as magnifying mirrors, the documentary recounts the dramatic life of this creative genius and the Hollywood studios.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

El circo

El circo


Released on: 1950-12-31
Documentary

Madrid, Spain, 1949. The Circo Americano arrives in the city. While the big top is pitched in a vaca...

Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs

Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs


Released on: 1895-03-05
Documentary

A short black-and-white silent documentary film featuring one dog jumping through hoops and another ...

How the Telephone Talks

How the Telephone Talks


Released on: 1919-04-27
Documentary, Animation

"All sounds travel in waves much the same as ripples in water." Educational film produced by Bray St...

In den dierentuin van Antwerpen

In den dierentuin van Antwerpen


Released on: 1910-01-01
Documentary

The Antwerp Zoo covers a fair extent of ground, and was already in 1910 generally considered as an i...

Photographic Studies in Hypnosis: Abnormal Psychology

Photographic Studies in Hypnosis: Abnormal Psychology


Released on: 1938-01-01
Documentary

Silent film showcasing hypnosis and its effects.

Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau

Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau


Released on: 2002-11-26
Documentary

Cordobés 65

Cordobés 65


Released on: 1965-01-01
Documentary

A brief portrait of famous and brave bullfighter Manuel Benítez el Corbobés; an account on still pho...

Sons of the Surf

Sons of the Surf


Released on: 1926-10-03
Documentary

Surfing at Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. Most surfers are human, one is a dog. The e...

Watch the Tempo

Watch the Tempo


Released on: 2018-03-30
Documentary, Music

On 18th of December 2017, the Filarmonica Teatro Regio Torino, directed by Timothy Brock, presented ...

The Dangers of the Fly

The Dangers of the Fly


Released on: 1920-11-23
Documentary

The Dangers of the Fly is an educational film made by Ernesto Gunche and Eduardo Martínez de la Pera...

Unser Hindenburg

Unser Hindenburg


Released on: 1917-10-10
Documentary

Short about Field Marshal Paul v. Hindenburg on the occasion of his 70th birthday on 02.10.1917.

Days of Thrills and Laughter

Days of Thrills and Laughter


Released on: 1961-03-21
Documentary

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century thr...

Finlandia

Finlandia


Released on: 1922-10-21
Documentary

A documentary from Erkki Karu, one of the earliest pioneers of Finnish cinema: This government-produ...

Ventanas

Ventanas


Released on: 2015-12-01
Documentary

Film-Tract n° 1968

Film-Tract n° 1968


Released on: 1968-06-01
Documentary

In the 1968 movement in Paris, Jean-Luc Godard made a 16mm, 3-minute long film, Film-tract No.1968, ...

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk


Released on: 2007-09-02
Documentary, History

Film historians, and survivors from the nearly 30-year struggle to bring sound to motion pictures ta...

Carmencita

Carmencita


Released on: 1894-03-14
Documentary

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman t...

Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge

Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge


Released on: 1888-10-15
Documentary

A film by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, shot in late October 1888, showing pedestrians and carriage...

One Second in Montreal

One Second in Montreal


Released on: 1969-09-25
Documentary

A silent succession of black-and-white photographs of the city of Montreal.

Las Hurdes, país de leyenda

Las Hurdes, país de leyenda


Released on: 1922-01-01
Documentary

An account of the journey that King Alfonso XIII of Spain made to the impoverished shire of Las Hurd...