Buster Keaton - College [1927] 2013 HD Remaster

Buster Keaton - College [1927] 2013 HD Remaster

Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 620 MiB
Duration : 1h 5mn
Nominal bit rate : 1 000 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.097
Writing library : x264 core 120

No subtitles, grayscale encoding feature enabled

Commentary by film historian Rob Farr, founder of the Slapsticon silent film festival

Includes featurette on the filming, and a recently found 1966 industrial film THE SCRIBE, believed to be Keaton's last filmed performance.

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Kino Classics is proud to announce the Blu-ray and DVD release of College, Buster Keaton's silent comedy classic that sends up the college craze of the '20s while showing off his expert physical comedy and athletic abilities. Originally released in 1927, right after The General, College was directed by James W. Horne and features supporting appearances by some of Keaton's regular stock company of actors including Harold Goodwin and Snitz Edwards.

In College, Buster Keaton goes back to school and stages a hilarious send-up of university life. Keaton stars as Ronald, an idealistic freshman who attends Clayton College in pursuit of higher learning, but finds himself instead embroiled in a war of athletics as he fights for the heart of his beloved coed, Mary (Anne Cornwall).

More than he had in any other feature, Keaton stretched the boundaries of solo physical comedy. In a series of unforgettable vignettes, stone-faced Ronald tries his hand as a baseball player, soda jerk, waiter, coxswain, and track star, performing each task with a steady determination but with consistently disastrous results. These scenes are especially amazing because in demonstrating Ronald's athletic inadequacies, Keaton reveals a surprising degree of physical prowess and finesse, particularly during the film's exhilarating climax.

DVD Features

* Mastered in HD from 35mm archival elements
* Musical setting by John Muri
* Audio commentary by film historian Rob Farr, founder of the Slapsticon silent film festival
* Visual essay on the film's locations by Silent Echoes author John Bengtson
* "The Scribe" (1966, 30 min.) This industrial film, sponsored by the Construction Safety Association of Ontario, is believed to be Keaton's final filmed performance.