Buster Keaton Collection - 15 Shorts, 5 Movies (1921)

Absolutely a bargain in terms of both its affordable price and opluent content.

This is abusolutely a stunning offer to Keaton buffs who have been hesitant to purchase some other Keaton's DVD sets which cost a lot more than this one.

The content is incredibly opulent for its highly affordable price.

In addition to the well-known short and feature silent comedies,
this set invites you to a few rare talkies that are, in my opinion, very valuable as they allow us to see how one of our greatest silent comedians endeavours to fit into the completely new environmentFthe talkie era.

The quality of the image of each picture is by no means excellent although the maker of this DVD set states that they have remastered the films to let us enjoy them in the best possible quality, however not serious enough to be the reason for star minus evaluation.

The only disappointment is the omission of subtitles for the talkies

For above reasons,I recommend this product with confidence.
October 9, 2008

Buster's great, some of the DVDs are busted

You can't go wrong with Buster, but in the set I bought, some of the DVD's won't play on any machine--computer or DVD player. If you get this set, make sure you play through all the DVDs right away to make sure they're not defective. September 17, 2008

bad music choice

I liked the fact that this dvd contained many shorts, and later projects I had yet to view. It is a good price for so much stuff, but I did feel it was slightly misleading. On the cover it shows a some pictures of movies that are not even included they are The Navigator, and The Cameraman. When I was reading what was included I stumbled across a title of a short I have never heard before "Her Painted Hero" Excited to find a short I never saw before I looked for it right away. I soon discovered Buster never made a short, and I wondered why they would put the title of a film that doesn't even exist. Over all I liked that it had many shorts on here, but some of the music they chose doesn't fit at all. August 11, 2008

Good, good, good, and a little bad

First the bad news. The speed seems to be a little slow on The General. I'm not sure about the others since I haven't watched everything yet. The shorts seemed to be okay though. And second, I have to agree that some of the music they chose is horrible. There is absolutely no reason why Pomp and Circumstance should be playing during a Buster Keaton short. It just doesn't go. Some of the other music was off putting too but for such a low price I can overlook it.
Now for the good news. The convenience of having everything all in one box is very attractive. So bad music choices aside I would still buy the set. What better way to sample the full range of what Buster Keaton can do without spending lots of money? This set is so full I'll be busy for weeks.
Buster Keaton was truly a talented (and insane) man and certainly well worth watching. My favorites so far are The General and (the short) One Week. They make the set worthwhile all by themselves. The General especially is inventive, full of great action and great slapstick. So who cares if the music isn't that great? Just turn it down and enjoy. July 19, 2008

Right Films Wrong Music

While it is a delight to see Buster Keaton and his masterful comic timing, the music chosen for these masterpieces is ALL WRONG! It is truly annoying to have the music from the Douglas Fairbanks' Thief of Bagdad playing while watching The General--where is the Civil War music that went with the film? ( When Johnny Comes Marching Home and Dixie are painfully missing )

would it really have been too much to have music that fit with each film? This is enough of an omission to lower my vote to 2 stars. April 20, 2008

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