NSFF Presents: Buster Keaton

Saturday 21 October, 4.30pm

A Saturday afternoon double-bill of Buster Keaton.

In 1923, Buster Keaton made his final short film and his first feature. The Love Nest sees Buster escape from an unhappy love affair by putting to sea in his little boat. In his first feature,

Three Ages, Buster playfully sends up D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance by adopting a trilogy structure, with three parallel stories taking place in prehistoric times, Ancient Rome, and the Roaring Twenties. Three Ages contains plenty of Buster’s trademark slapstick gags and stunts as our charming but diminutive hero attempts to compete with macho Wallace Beery for the love of Margaret Leahy.

The Music

Trevor Bartlett (percussion) and Jonny Best (piano) will improvise live musical scores.