Buster Keaton: The Complete Short Films 1917-1923 Blu-ray

'Buster Keaton: The Complete Short Films 1917-1923' Eureka Masters of Cinema 4-Disc Blu-ray 

Containing thirty-two films – with a running time of over 720 minutes – this collection documents Buster Keaton’s short films between 1917-1923.

Capturing Keaton’s first steps in front of a camera this box set charts his early association with ex-Keystone Kop Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle through to starring in, headlining, and directing his own box office smash hits. Using Chaplin’s old Hollywood studios in 1920, Keaton’s sophisticated technical inventiveness coupled with his haunted-yet-handsome ‘Stone Face’ persona, created a succession of the most timeless, classic comedy shorts ever realised.

Featuring: 
The Butcher Boy (1917), The Rough House (1917), His Wedding Night (1917), Oh, Doctor! (1917), Coney Island (1917), Out West (1918), The Bell Boy (1918), Moonshine (1918), Good Night Nurse (1918), The Cook (1918), Backstage (1919), The Hayseed (1919), The Garage (1919), The “High Sign” (finished 1920, released 1921), One Week (1920), Convict 13 (1920), The Scarecrow (1920), Neighbors (1920), The Haunted House (1921), Hard Luck (1921), The Goat (1921), The Playhouse (1921), The Boat (1921), The Paleface (1922), Cops (1922), My Wife’s Relations (1922), The Blacksmith (1922), The Frozen North (1922), Daydreams (1922), The Electric House (1922), The Balloonatic (1923), The Love Nest (1923)

Special features include:
- Multiple scores on selected titles
- Archival audio commentaries by Joseph McBride on The 'High Sign', One Week, Convict 13, The Playhouse, The Boat, and Cops
- Video essay by critic and filmmaker David Cairns
- Introduction by preservationist Serge Bromberg
- Actor Pierre Étaix discusses Keaton's style
- Life with Buster Keaton, Keaton reenacts Roscoe Arbuckle's Salomé dance performed in The Cook
- And more..