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The house falling on Buster Keaton without him getting hurt
Buster Keaton was indeed the master of physical gags in the early silent film comedies. And perhaps his most memorable moment comes from a bigger sequence which in itself is an incredibly well directed and choreographed scene which has Keaton's character tossed about a town during a cyclone in the film's climax. Halfway through this madcap destruction (contributing to some great physical gags) comes this classic sequence. Keaton stands up and from behind the front of a house collapses right on top of him, but he emerges unscathed as it falls right where an open window was and it falls right around him. He continues to stand there bewildered and finally runs away. What's even more astonishing about the scene is that Buster actually did the stunt himself, and he had to be standing in just the right spot so that the house would not land on him. What emerges is a sequence to be fondly remembered by one of the true geniuses of early film comedy. |
