American genius Buster Keaton's "One Week"

[ CLOSE-UP ], 11/21/19; Sheldon S., CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly; Imani Perry (NPR)

Buster Keaton's One Week (1920) full film HD

This is a classic silent movie by American genius Buster Keaton. One Week is a two-reel silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton, the first film to be released made by Keaton on his own.

• Author Imani Perry; Camera Man revisits silent movie actor Buster Keaton (Fresh Air Weekend, NPR)

Keaton had worked with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle for years. The film was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline. It runs for 19 minutes. Sybil Seely co-stars.

The High Sign had been filmed prior to One Week, but Keaton considered it an inferior effort to debut with and released it the following year when he was convalescing from an injury.

Before Edgar Wright and Wes Anderson, before Chuck Jones and Jackie Chan, there was Hollywood stuntman Buster Keaton, one of the founding fathers of visual comedy. And nearly 100 years after he first appeared onscreen, we’re still learning from him.

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