Sinossi
Figlio di attori di vaudeville, Joseph Francis Keaton, detto Buster, fece il suo esordio ufficiale a quattro anni, nel 1899. "Una delle prime cose che notai fu che ogni volta che sorridevo o facevo capire al pubblico che mi divertivo, loro sembravano ridere meno". Impara presto a fingersi "infelice, umiliato, perseguitato, tormentato, vessato, stupito e confuso". Ma ci tiene a chiarire di essersi "sempre considerato un uomo favolosamente fortunato... Ho avuto ben pochi momenti di noia, e non troppi momenti tristi e sfiduciati". Le memorie a rotta di collo sono divertenti, scoppiettanti, fanno rivivere il sapore della Hollywood degli anni Venti, e non solo. "A volte mi chiedo se il mondo sembrerà ancora un posto così eccitante e spensierato come sembrò a noi a Hollywood all'inizio degli anni Venti. Eravamo tutti giovani, l'aria della California sembrava vino". E a complemento ci sono le cadute rovinose, i matrimoni falliti, le risalite, l'amore del pubblico, la precisa consapevolezza dei meccanismi più delicati della comicità. Toccanti e dolorose le sue ultime apparizioni, come quella straziante in Viale del tramonto di Billy Wilder. Collaborò con Beckett in Francia, e anche con Franco Franchi e Ciccio Ingrassia in Italia. La sua consacrazione avvenne postuma, collocandolo finalmente tra i grandissimi del cinema di ogni tempo.
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- Pagine: 252
- Data di uscita: 18-01-2018
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Buster Keaton is one of my favorite actors of all time, so it just made sense that I would read his autobiography. I felt like I got to hang out with him and listen to his stories for a little bit every day. He is my celebrity boyfriend. I have a whole slew of films that I want to watch or re-watch
The great thing about the American genius Buster Keaton is that he never thought hmself as a genius, unlike his pal Charlie Chaplin who thought himself as a genius but...wasn't. Keaton is the greatest artist of the 20th Century. I don't think Duchamp, Einstein, most cinema historians, and even Johnn Leggi tutto
I have really enjoyed re-reading this book authored by the great Buster Keaton. Interestingly enough I was wishing I had a copy of The Navigator and found one at CEX (a second-hand games and blu-rays, dvds shop) last night. It was remastered in 4K and I felt really chuffed to have found it. The youn Leggi tutto
This is not a personal read, I had to read this for work but it was a wonderful surprise. Biographies are not particularly my style. Not to say I don’t read them but I just don’t go look for them. The most recent one I’ve read was Born a Crime by Trevor Noah and if you check, you’ll see I really lov Leggi tutto
Fantastic book by a fine human being. Gives me hope in humanity. I seldom cry from what I read in a book, but the following from Buster Keaton was so beautiful, I couldn't help but tear up. "There was a day in 1950 when we arrived in Genoa where Eleanor and I were to start a twelve-week musical-comed Leggi tutto
What can you say about Buster Keaton? If you haven't seen any of his films (the silents especially), do it. You won't be disappointed. Then, read this autiobiography. It's simply written and just a great story about a guy who lived from the birth of film into sound into color into the '60s and still Leggi tutto
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