- Director: Peter Bogdanovich
- Disc Format: NTSC
- Number of discs: 1
- Studio: Cohen Media Group
- DVD Release Date: April 2, 2019
- Run Time: 101 minutes
Peter
Bogdanovich has repeatedly proven his interest in film history through the
subject choices in his narrative films (Nickelodeon,
The Cat’s Meow), but fascination
turns to adoration in The Great Buster: A
Celebration. The film celebrates (as the title implies) one of silent
film’s greatest stars, Buster Keaton. Bogdonavich clearly has a passion for the
subject, and it is contagious, but the documentary may be better titled “An
Introduction” rather than “A Celebration.” In other words, die-hard fans of
Keaton are likely to be disappointed by the rudimentary nature of much of the
information provided by the film.
