TRIBUTES AND RETROSPECTIVES
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The Cameraman
Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton
1928 - United States - 1h16
Screenings :
thursday 25 - 8:30 pm - Grand Théâtre - presented by Louis Mathieu - film teacher
Street photographer Luke Shannon falls for Sally, an MGM Newsreel secretary. Although already courted by cameraman Harry Stagg, she nevertheless shows she has a soft spot for Luke and advises him to buy a camera and to try to get hired as a reporter. His first attempts are catastrophic...
Buster Keaton's first film, shot for MGM, was meant to herald a new stage in his career with the support of a major studio. But, made in 1928, just a year after The Jazz Singer, it was his final star performance. The talkies proved fatal for him. Apart from this love story where “Buster” is depicted as a big, shy teenager, trodden on by other men, he gives us a playful reflection on the power of images. During a riot in Chinatown, the apprentice operator intervenes in the real world and makes it even more spectacular. In the final part of the film, the question of point of view is raised and how it can completely change our perception of an event.
CAST AND CREW
Cast : Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, Sidney Bracey, Harry Gribbon
Screenplay : Clyde Bruckman, Lew Lipton
Cinematography : Reggie Lanning, Elgin Lessley
Editing : Hugh Wynn, Basil Wrangell
Production : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
French distributor : Warner Bros