The Frozen North (1922) -
This simple and inoffensive film was mostly brought to life by that expressive face of Buster Keaton's.
I'm still gutted that I'm only just now finding out how brilliant he was. I really must do more to see the rest of his works, because they really are a joy that everyone should have in their lives.
'The Frozen North' was only a short film, but it contained such fun and easy viewing that it felt like it was a lot longer.
Buster didn't play his more traditional nice guy in a bad situation here, but more of a rogue who was too big for his snow shoes/guitars.
Either way he showed his genius and the supporting cast did just that with their straight played performances that balanced out his shenanigans.
It obviously can't score as high as 'Go West' (1925), because there was so much more to see in that feature length effort, but a longer version of this story would probably have been just as successful as far as I would have been concerned.
625.81/1000.
This simple and inoffensive film was mostly brought to life by that expressive face of Buster Keaton's.
I'm still gutted that I'm only just now finding out how brilliant he was. I really must do more to see the rest of his works, because they really are a joy that everyone should have in their lives.
'The Frozen North' was only a short film, but it contained such fun and easy viewing that it felt like it was a lot longer.
Buster didn't play his more traditional nice guy in a bad situation here, but more of a rogue who was too big for his snow shoes/guitars.
Either way he showed his genius and the supporting cast did just that with their straight played performances that balanced out his shenanigans.
It obviously can't score as high as 'Go West' (1925), because there was so much more to see in that feature length effort, but a longer version of this story would probably have been just as successful as far as I would have been concerned.
625.81/1000.