Photos: Buster Keaton conferring w/Samuel Beckett and director Alan Schneider on the set of “Film” c.1965
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They kept the camera rolling b/c once he started, Keaton was indefatigable. He’d re-start scenes to give another take on the script or to immediately revise a previous interpretation
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Beckett was new to film but was headstrong in his aesthetic and intent. Keaton was a consummate performer who was always interested in doing something new (Photo: Keaton&Beckett on the set of “Film” c. 1965)
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It’s said that Buster Keaton and Samuel Beckett didn’t get along but moreso it was just that they worked in companionable silence.
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This would be a great companion piece to The Trollenberg Terror.
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It’s understandable since post his early days at Keystone Films Chaplin had an aversion to acting in scripts written by other people. Zero Mostel was also considered.
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Samuel Beckett and Alan Schneider originally sent scripts to Charlie Chaplin ,who as far as we know never responded
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Next we have “Film” (1965) (tinyurl.com/37b47u5f) written by Samuel Beckett, starring Buster Keaton and directed by Alan Schneider (with significant input by Beckett and some troubleshooting by Keaton)
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I didn’t mean to go with a “dream-y fantasy” theme for this week’s #SilentFlickerSunday that just sort of happened
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