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A review by shishuraj
Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century by Dana Stevens
4.0
A fine combination of biography, film criticism and sociopolitical commentary.
One thing that slightly irked me was the constant mention of impending tragedy that struck Buster at the hands of MGM studio heads (Louie B Mayer specifically) which seems like a podcast promise. However it may just have been a way for a Keaton fan to soften the blow for the readers, who are most likely Keaton fans themselves.
Also unless I’ve somehow forgotten, I don’t think we ever learn how the Buster moniker came upon lil Joseph Keaton, only the fact that it wasn’t Houdini who gave it to him.
One thing that slightly irked me was the constant mention of impending tragedy that struck Buster at the hands of MGM studio heads (Louie B Mayer specifically) which seems like a podcast promise. However it may just have been a way for a Keaton fan to soften the blow for the readers, who are most likely Keaton fans themselves.
Also unless I’ve somehow forgotten, I don’t think we ever learn how the Buster moniker came upon lil Joseph Keaton, only the fact that it wasn’t Houdini who gave it to him.