1 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:36,056 Episode 2 2 00:00:48,700 --> 00:00:52,056 Buster begins the journey� most important thing in your life: 3 00:00:52,260 --> 00:00:54,330 ask for the hand the woman of his dreams.� 4 00:01:09,461 --> 00:01:12,976 With "The Navigator", Keaton He reached the peak of his career.� 5 00:01:13,301 --> 00:01:15,735 Success guaranteed independence. 6 00:01:18,501 --> 00:01:20,776 He was known and loved all over the world,� 7 00:01:20,981 --> 00:01:25,055 and it was becoming in the rich millionaire he played.� 8 00:01:28,262 --> 00:01:29,615 "Do you want to marry me?" 9 00:01:32,182 --> 00:01:33,456 "Of course not!" 10 00:01:48,103 --> 00:01:50,492 "I think a walk will do me good." 11 00:01:58,543 --> 00:02:01,933 The theme of rejection is present in many Keaton films.� 12 00:02:02,543 --> 00:02:05,741 But at that time it involved your private life.� 13 00:02:06,504 --> 00:02:10,463 Now he had two children, but Natalie was always far away. 14 00:02:11,424 --> 00:02:15,622 I spent $900 a week� only in clothes.� 15 00:02:16,784 --> 00:02:19,503 Transfers home They were increasingly expensive, 16 00:02:19,704 --> 00:02:22,457 with borrowed money by its producer, Joseph Schenck.� 17 00:02:24,824 --> 00:02:29,580 If Schenck proposed a debatable film,� Keaton was forced to accept. 18 00:02:32,985 --> 00:02:34,464 "Do you want to marry me?" 19 00:02:36,025 --> 00:02:38,585 You have to get married to inherit a fortune.� 20 00:02:38,865 --> 00:02:39,934 Without intermediaries� 21 00:03:04,386 --> 00:03:07,264 Desperate, Buster Publish a marriage ad. 22 00:03:07,666 --> 00:03:09,419 The reaction is worrying.� 23 00:03:18,667 --> 00:03:21,625 Keaton directed this scene. with 500 women, 24 00:03:21,947 --> 00:03:23,699 through the streets of Los Angeles.� 25 00:03:25,467 --> 00:03:27,742 At the preview, the audience He barely laughed�.� 26 00:03:28,267 --> 00:03:29,620 Keaton was horrified�.� 27 00:03:31,468 --> 00:03:36,622 Finally something caused a laugh.� And Keaton exploited it.� 28 00:03:39,948 --> 00:03:42,542 I was running down a hill.� 29 00:03:43,628 --> 00:03:45,858 There were rocks.� 30 00:03:46,548 --> 00:03:50,177 I trip over one, 31 00:03:50,988 --> 00:03:52,661 and I try to stay standing.� 32 00:03:53,389 --> 00:03:57,985 I look back and see that some rocks came rolling, 33 00:03:58,189 --> 00:04:02,023 and I hurry, and I try get me safe. 34 00:04:02,509 --> 00:04:05,581 But the sequence becomes blurry� just when it starts to work. 35 00:04:07,829 --> 00:04:11,265 So we came back and we create 1500 rocks, 36 00:04:11,869 --> 00:04:16,580 some as big as a grapefruit,� up to a diameter of 2.5 m.� 37 00:04:17,550 --> 00:04:20,940 The scene with the rocks� I saved the movie.� 38 00:05:01,592 --> 00:05:05,505 This is how the chase ends and Keaton dispenses to women.� 39 00:05:06,872 --> 00:05:10,342 The women in his films were important supports,� 40 00:05:10,632 --> 00:05:13,192 not just as lovers.� 41 00:05:13,432 --> 00:05:14,911 ELEANOR KEATON Widow� 42 00:05:16,152 --> 00:05:18,587 But the most beautiful protagonist 43 00:05:18,793 --> 00:05:19,828 It was "Go West." 44 00:05:24,673 --> 00:05:26,550 "I love her." 45 00:05:52,474 --> 00:05:54,271 With "Go West", "Seven Chances" 46 00:05:54,514 --> 00:05:58,826 and with "Battling Butler", Joseph Schenck made huge profits.� 47 00:05:59,034 --> 00:06:04,393 In 1926, Schenck approved the more expensive and spectacular production, 48 00:06:04,675 --> 00:06:06,472 a film entitled "The General." 49 00:06:23,115 --> 00:06:26,188 I'm very proud of that movie,� more than any other,� 50 00:06:26,556 --> 00:06:30,629 because I chose an episode of the Civil War from the history books,� 51 00:06:30,916 --> 00:06:32,872 and it was told in detail.� 52 00:06:33,076 --> 00:06:35,510 The northerners are dressed in civilian clothes. 53 00:06:35,716 --> 00:06:39,595 to steal a locomotive� and burn the bridges behind them.� 54 00:06:43,396 --> 00:06:47,788 The setting of the film was based in Civil War photos by Matthew Brady. 55 00:06:48,597 --> 00:06:52,192 Keaton told the team: "They must be so realistic it hurts."� 56 00:06:56,637 --> 00:06:58,275 It was filmed in Oregon.� 57 00:06:59,637 --> 00:07:01,946 The Southern Railways They were too populous.� 58 00:07:02,917 --> 00:07:08,117 We bought the locomotive�and the We transformed into one of the times. 59 00:07:08,678 --> 00:07:11,067 We build a train passengers and one cargo. 60 00:07:11,278 --> 00:07:14,111 We had at our disposal all the material� 61 00:07:14,318 --> 00:07:18,436 and the lanes that could serve us.� It was everything for us.� 62 00:07:21,278 --> 00:07:24,429 They came to Cottage Grove 17 wagons full of equipment� 63 00:07:24,638 --> 00:07:27,835 to recreate the city� from Marietta, Georgia.� 64 00:07:30,079 --> 00:07:33,116 As a director,� Keaton managed it very well.� 65 00:07:33,559 --> 00:07:35,629 His reconstruction is so detailed, 66 00:07:35,839 --> 00:07:39,798 that many spectators believed see the real civil war.� 67 00:07:49,039 --> 00:07:51,679 The Northern Saboteurs They take possession of Buster's train.� 68 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,070 And they kidnap his girlfriend, Annabelle. 69 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:00,035 Buster starts a chase.� 70 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,677 But you need something more than a handcart.� 71 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,036 With another engine, the trova. 72 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,920 We found a cannon from the Civil War,� 73 00:08:14,401 --> 00:08:17,518 We put it on the rail, and we take it. 74 00:08:18,561 --> 00:08:20,791 It seemed made for us,� 75 00:08:21,441 --> 00:08:23,671 It was the only thing that worried me. 76 00:08:23,881 --> 00:08:27,590 Of people saying: "Surely." They invented that cannon for the gag." 77 00:08:28,321 --> 00:08:31,711 Buster had to approach the train of saboteurs. 78 00:08:32,241 --> 00:08:34,551 Each frame was filmed in full motion.� 79 00:08:34,842 --> 00:08:37,356 But Keaton was a master. of filming in motion. 80 00:08:37,642 --> 00:08:42,113 The cameras were set up in cars and wagons.� 81 00:08:42,602 --> 00:08:46,117 In this rare recording we see Keaton directing.� 82 00:08:47,722 --> 00:08:51,317 Two locomotives were moving in parallel ways,� 83 00:08:51,722 --> 00:08:53,997 one brought the wagon with the camera.� 84 00:08:58,603 --> 00:09:01,720 The first bullet from the cannon It had to end in the cabin.� 85 00:09:02,083 --> 00:09:04,677 A satire, but with real gunpowder.� 86 00:09:05,163 --> 00:09:08,917 He said: "It only took a couple of tweezers to save our lives."� 87 00:09:10,083 --> 00:09:11,118 LOYAL T. LUCAS Actor and friend� 88 00:09:11,323 --> 00:09:16,239 The first time we load the cannon and we launch the bullet 89 00:09:16,444 --> 00:09:18,833 to hit the engine cabin. 90 00:09:19,964 --> 00:09:22,432 Fortunately there was no one around, 91 00:09:22,644 --> 00:09:27,479 because the shot missed him to the engine and ended up in a field.� 92 00:09:28,164 --> 00:09:32,123 Then we put less gunpowder,� but the shot remained long. 93 00:09:32,404 --> 00:09:39,641 In the end we count them grains of gunpowder one by one.� 94 00:09:40,165 --> 00:09:42,679 So when the shot came out... 95 00:09:47,365 --> 00:09:51,961 To stop the saboteurs, Buster� uses the entire barrel of gunpowder.� 96 00:11:02,608 --> 00:11:06,568 There was no rush on Keaton's set.� They relaxed between takes, 97 00:11:06,769 --> 00:11:11,365 although here it seems uncomfortable while He poses with an admirer's wife.� 98 00:11:12,529 --> 00:11:15,441 But you had to play baseball to work with Keaton.� 99 00:11:15,809 --> 00:11:20,325 He was carrying a baseball bat in unlikely times and places.� 100 00:11:22,849 --> 00:11:25,887 Working without a script,� Keaton also filmed the tests,� 101 00:11:26,090 --> 00:11:28,809 as demonstrated in the scene with Marion Mack. 102 00:11:29,570 --> 00:11:32,687 That morning I was lined up and ready to work.� 103 00:11:34,370 --> 00:11:37,919 I didn't know what I had to do the scene with the water pipe, 104 00:11:38,650 --> 00:11:40,003 when he told me. 105 00:11:40,210 --> 00:11:43,282 When the train stopped, He was behind me.� 106 00:11:45,770 --> 00:11:47,807 But they hadn't told me anything.� 107 00:11:49,211 --> 00:11:51,406 So the scene that seen in the movie 108 00:11:52,811 --> 00:11:54,688 It was a real surprise.� 109 00:11:56,731 --> 00:11:58,483 I was so angry...� 110 00:12:00,931 --> 00:12:02,205 that I left.� 111 00:12:05,051 --> 00:12:08,806 For the Battle of Rock River,� used the Oregon National Guard.� 112 00:12:09,012 --> 00:12:12,891 There were artillery pieces,� saddles, military equipment,� 113 00:12:13,452 --> 00:12:15,568 and uniforms, gray and blue.� 114 00:12:16,092 --> 00:12:19,607 There were 500 men available for a week.� 115 00:12:20,732 --> 00:12:25,283 First those in gray uniforms passed by, and they walked from right to left, 116 00:12:25,572 --> 00:12:29,247 then the blue ones,� and they walked from left to right.� 117 00:12:30,012 --> 00:12:31,366 This is how the war was waged. 118 00:12:34,693 --> 00:12:39,403 There were no shoes for anyone. But everyone had their uniform.� 119 00:12:40,573 --> 00:12:44,486 John Wilson was 18 years old and of the Oregon National Guard.� 120 00:12:45,053 --> 00:12:48,045 I remember that There was a bag of hats.� 121 00:12:49,413 --> 00:12:51,290 And we had uniforms.� 122 00:12:51,493 --> 00:12:55,169 There were around 200 gray and 300 blue, 123 00:12:55,494 --> 00:12:58,054 but they were not enough for everyone.� 124 00:12:58,374 --> 00:13:00,410 They treated us like soldiers.� 125 00:13:01,614 --> 00:13:04,924 We stood at attention, all in line,� 126 00:13:05,134 --> 00:13:06,567 they called us, 127 00:13:07,894 --> 00:13:09,805 and they gave us instructions,� 128 00:13:10,014 --> 00:13:13,450 They told us what to do and we follow the orders. 129 00:13:14,015 --> 00:13:18,884 It was filmed in Culp Creek, where it had been built a real railway bridge,� 130 00:13:19,175 --> 00:13:21,405 with the sole purpose of destroying it.� 131 00:13:22,895 --> 00:13:24,726 Wood was cut for the bridge, 132 00:13:26,255 --> 00:13:28,052 for the fall of the locomotive.� 133 00:13:28,695 --> 00:13:34,008 We work with George Potter,� that should bring the trees 134 00:13:34,855 --> 00:13:37,609 to build a wooden bridge� for that scene.� 135 00:13:39,136 --> 00:13:41,855 It's about a hundred meters from here,� over the river, 136 00:13:42,936 --> 00:13:44,927 to the point at which it was built�.� 137 00:13:46,656 --> 00:13:50,365 They tried it 3 or 4 times,� where the locomotive passed 138 00:13:50,856 --> 00:13:54,531 to understand how to fly it to make it fall into the river.� 139 00:13:55,216 --> 00:13:58,368 They were about 20 meters long,� from one end to the other. 140 00:13:59,457 --> 00:14:02,574 While the team prepared the dynamite, 141 00:14:03,177 --> 00:14:06,692 people came from Cottage Grove� and of all States. 142 00:14:14,217 --> 00:14:17,414 At that time I had measles and I couldn't get out.� 143 00:14:18,097 --> 00:14:20,771 But it was such an event that my father told me: 144 00:14:22,258 --> 00:14:25,455 "You can't miss it, "It's a unique scene." 145 00:14:27,458 --> 00:14:30,973 So my mother took me,� Even though it had many stains, 146 00:14:31,258 --> 00:14:34,568 but she wasn't the only one, There was an epidemic.� 147 00:14:35,338 --> 00:14:39,251 Setting fire to the bridge, Keaton� the most expensive scene began 148 00:14:39,578 --> 00:14:41,217 from the silent film era.� 149 00:14:54,739 --> 00:14:58,095 The crowd roared.� There was someone on the locomotive.� 150 00:14:58,539 --> 00:15:03,250 He had a white shirt, with a vest and a hat.� 151 00:15:04,020 --> 00:15:07,808 Expanding the image we see� which alarmed the spectators.� 152 00:15:09,500 --> 00:15:16,178 A woman fainted because the mannequin He leaned forward. “It seemed real.” 153 00:15:19,300 --> 00:15:24,773 When the train fell, he followed a very penetrating roar.� 154 00:15:30,541 --> 00:15:37,219 The atmosphere was somber, and everyone They believed that a tragedy had occurred.� 155 00:15:42,381 --> 00:15:44,451 The battle was filmed with six cameras.� 156 00:15:50,142 --> 00:15:52,736 It was exciting, but also worrying,� 157 00:15:52,942 --> 00:15:55,581 because there were grenades 158 00:15:55,942 --> 00:15:59,571 and there were explosions and Trees jumping through the air 159 00:16:00,022 --> 00:16:05,382 There were horses ridden by people. without experience, and some fell.� 160 00:16:06,423 --> 00:16:09,221 It was scary, to be honest.� 161 00:16:09,423 --> 00:16:11,937 Down the hill, I was among the last. 162 00:16:14,303 --> 00:16:18,012 There were some marks signaling smoke bombs and explosives,� 163 00:16:19,143 --> 00:16:23,534 I don't remember how it was decided who should die and who should not,� 164 00:16:24,183 --> 00:16:29,736 but if you landed near a mark you crawled away like crazy.� 165 00:16:33,704 --> 00:16:36,855 Some were dismantled because of the explosions,� 166 00:16:37,224 --> 00:16:38,703 with scared horses,� 167 00:16:39,864 --> 00:16:41,217 and violence, 168 00:16:41,424 --> 00:16:43,221 It seemed like a real war.� 169 00:16:49,585 --> 00:16:52,941 There was a dam to raise the water level. 170 00:16:53,905 --> 00:16:56,180 It had to be manageable,� but it wasn't.� 171 00:16:56,825 --> 00:16:59,259 The water was higher than me.� 172 00:16:59,465 --> 00:17:01,023 I ended up in a hole 173 00:17:01,225 --> 00:17:02,578 of around 6 meters. 174 00:17:03,265 --> 00:17:06,462 I tried to swim, The water was higher than now, 175 00:17:06,785 --> 00:17:11,302 I came back,� and I found myself in the hole, 176 00:17:12,226 --> 00:17:14,182 and I did at least three laps. 177 00:17:14,466 --> 00:17:17,139 Many got stuck.� 178 00:17:17,546 --> 00:17:20,583 We take them out one after another.� 179 00:17:26,146 --> 00:17:30,981 Keaton was in charge of these risks,� but not to share the risks.� 180 00:17:31,346 --> 00:17:33,656 There were nine injured,� especially because of the explosions.� 181 00:17:35,787 --> 00:17:38,426 One of the explosions hit Keaton,� 182 00:17:38,627 --> 00:17:42,063 made him fall and lose the knowledge. 183 00:17:42,747 --> 00:17:47,423 It was on the ground for a while,� unconscious.� 184 00:17:47,867 --> 00:17:49,937 But he finally recovered,� 185 00:17:50,587 --> 00:17:53,624 I rested a little and went back to work.� 186 00:18:08,748 --> 00:18:10,545 Then the incredible happened.� 187 00:18:11,268 --> 00:18:14,066 Like a crescendo of plot twists,� 188 00:18:14,388 --> 00:18:18,064 some sparks from the locomotive� They set fire to the forest.� 189 00:18:18,629 --> 00:18:20,381 They all came. 190 00:18:20,949 --> 00:18:25,545 There were many young people who They didn't know how to extinguish a fire.� 191 00:18:25,949 --> 00:18:29,658 They thought it was enough fan the flame,� 192 00:18:29,869 --> 00:18:32,906 Buster took off his pants and used them to put out the fire.� 193 00:18:34,029 --> 00:18:38,740 I wore his pants and his own uniform.� 194 00:18:39,310 --> 00:18:43,349 Then he was in his underwear.� 195 00:18:44,150 --> 00:18:46,618 And he took a trident 196 00:18:46,910 --> 00:18:51,540 and tried to turn off a puff of smoke.� 197 00:18:51,830 --> 00:18:54,025 Everyone laughed like crazy.� 198 00:18:54,350 --> 00:18:58,821 They managed to put out the fire,� but there was a lot of smoke.� 199 00:18:59,711 --> 00:19:02,748 They would wait for the rain will dissipate the smoke.� 200 00:19:02,951 --> 00:19:06,341 They could pass 6 or 7 weeks.� 201 00:19:06,631 --> 00:19:10,544 So they came back to Los Angeles, waiting for the rain.� 202 00:19:11,151 --> 00:19:15,269 Then a storm came and they came back to finish the movie.� 203 00:19:15,751 --> 00:19:18,026 This increased the costs.� 204 00:19:19,351 --> 00:19:22,708 Keaton had gone over budget,� but he was able to produce 205 00:19:22,912 --> 00:19:27,030 what for him and his collaborators was his masterpiece.� 206 00:19:29,352 --> 00:19:33,186 When the movie premieres in New York 207 00:19:33,392 --> 00:19:34,825 Reviews were mixed.� 208 00:19:35,232 --> 00:19:38,747 Some were positive,� But the New York Times wrote: 209 00:19:39,192 --> 00:19:42,663 "This is much less than Keaton's previous works."� 210 00:19:43,273 --> 00:19:46,583 Variety: "The General It's not fun. "� 211 00:19:48,993 --> 00:19:53,191 Life Magazine: "Many gags "They are in very bad taste." 212 00:19:56,473 --> 00:19:59,112 "...A boring comedy."� 213 00:20:05,274 --> 00:20:08,823 Keaton's favorite film did not cover the costs. 214 00:20:10,674 --> 00:20:14,713 Schenck insisted that in the future there would be a production supervisor.� 215 00:20:18,914 --> 00:20:23,863 The supervisor, Harry Brand, influenced deeply "Steamboat Bill Junior."� 216 00:20:25,555 --> 00:20:30,231 Keaton wanted to recreate a flood in Mississippi on a set in Sacramento.� 217 00:20:31,035 --> 00:20:33,549 But it was preceded by the force of nature.� 218 00:20:34,115 --> 00:20:37,994 Harry Brandt saw the filming of Mississippi floods 219 00:20:38,195 --> 00:20:39,628 and alerted Joe Schenck. 220 00:20:40,715 --> 00:20:43,787 Keaton worked with director Charles Riesner.� 221 00:20:43,995 --> 00:20:45,394 I was ready to film.� 222 00:20:46,395 --> 00:20:48,307 I had already built the set,� 223 00:20:48,516 --> 00:20:49,949 and the gags were ready.� 224 00:20:50,156 --> 00:20:52,954 He said: "At most "we turn into a cyclone." 225 00:20:53,156 --> 00:20:57,707 "A lot of changes have to be made on the set." And he said, "Well, that's how it will be." 226 00:20:58,756 --> 00:20:59,984 The changes began.� 227 00:21:01,196 --> 00:21:04,666 They used a dredge for the collapse of buildings.� 228 00:21:23,597 --> 00:21:26,589 Aircraft engines� They gave life to the cyclone.� 229 00:21:36,478 --> 00:21:41,677 Keaton began to feel at ease and the gags became more elaborate.� 230 00:21:49,118 --> 00:21:52,634 A moving set was connected with sticks and cables. 231 00:21:52,999 --> 00:21:55,194 A breath was enough to move it. 232 00:22:01,959 --> 00:22:03,711 And then came the famous scene� 233 00:22:03,919 --> 00:22:05,432 DEAN RIESNER Son of Charles Riesner� 234 00:22:05,639 --> 00:22:07,630 where Buster is on the street 235 00:22:07,839 --> 00:22:10,990 and the facade of a building� collapses on him.� 236 00:22:11,519 --> 00:22:15,195 One of the scenes most spectacular in history.� 237 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:17,393 It was very dangerous.� 238 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,069 They held with ropes the wall in place.� 239 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:25,910 The base of the facade� It had hinges.� 240 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,349 The ropes were cut� at the same time.� 241 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:39,315 You see a man leaving after pushing the wall.� 242 00:22:42,721 --> 00:22:44,916 It weighed at least 500 kilos.� 243 00:22:45,201 --> 00:22:49,877 It was enough for Buster to move. 15 cm on one side or the other, 244 00:22:50,241 --> 00:22:52,880 but get crushed in the earth like a nail. 245 00:22:59,602 --> 00:23:01,638 In those moments my father, 246 00:23:01,882 --> 00:23:03,361 who was a very believer,� 247 00:23:03,562 --> 00:23:07,953 and of many religions,� and now he was a Christian scientist,� 248 00:23:08,162 --> 00:23:11,040 He took another practitioner with him and they prayed all day long, 249 00:23:11,242 --> 00:23:14,996 for that scene,� and my father didn't want to see her. 250 00:23:15,242 --> 00:23:18,041 They were in a corner praying,� 251 00:23:18,243 --> 00:23:22,680 and waiting to see if Buster dared or not. 252 00:23:22,923 --> 00:23:25,357 It was small but he had great courage.� 253 00:23:26,803 --> 00:23:28,521 Just before that scene,� 254 00:23:28,723 --> 00:23:31,954 received the news that undermined his creative freedom.� 255 00:23:32,643 --> 00:23:36,033 It had been arbitrarily transferred to MGM,� 256 00:23:36,603 --> 00:23:38,958 and had family problems.� 257 00:23:39,604 --> 00:23:42,437 At that moment� He didn't care much.� 258 00:23:58,204 --> 00:24:00,434 The MGM in Culver City, California, 259 00:24:00,724 --> 00:24:05,401 It was the most prestigious study in the world. when Keaton arrived in 1928.� 260 00:24:06,165 --> 00:24:10,238 Morale was high, after the success from "Ben Hur" and "The Big Parade".� 261 00:24:10,965 --> 00:24:16,039 52 films were produced per year the command of two extraordinary men,� 262 00:24:16,765 --> 00:24:19,563 Irving Thalberg and Louis B.�Mayer.� 263 00:24:20,525 --> 00:24:24,360 The president was Nicholas Schenck, Joe's brother,� 264 00:24:24,726 --> 00:24:26,921 who lived in a sumptuous palace on the east coast.� 265 00:24:27,486 --> 00:24:29,044 Schenck made me go 266 00:24:29,246 --> 00:24:30,918 SAM MARX Set Designer, MGM 267 00:24:31,126 --> 00:24:34,516 to his splendid estate from Sams Point on Long Island.� 268 00:24:35,006 --> 00:24:40,876 We were walking through the poultry pens, 269 00:24:41,406 --> 00:24:47,004 I had many chickens that sometimes they fought. 270 00:24:47,647 --> 00:24:53,244 Among these white chickens� I saw some covered in blood,� 271 00:24:53,727 --> 00:24:55,922 and it impressed me. 272 00:24:56,127 --> 00:24:59,915 He told me: "Marx, that's a lesson." 273 00:25:00,527 --> 00:25:03,678 Only strong chickens survive. 274 00:25:03,887 --> 00:25:08,200 You have to be prepared� to kill if necessary." 275 00:25:08,608 --> 00:25:11,361 That was the Schenck's philosophy.� 276 00:25:11,688 --> 00:25:16,682 MGM was a corporation� and controlled each stage of production.� 277 00:25:17,328 --> 00:25:19,762 The team was more than the individual, 278 00:25:20,608 --> 00:25:23,247 and the producer was more than the director.� 279 00:25:24,568 --> 00:25:27,527 Here we see the best directors from the studio, filmed in 1925.� 280 00:25:27,929 --> 00:25:32,161 In 1928, more than half of them He had left or was fired.� 281 00:25:33,689 --> 00:25:37,045 It was in this environment that Keaton had to work. 282 00:25:37,929 --> 00:25:41,638 But there was Eddie Sedgwick as director,�a friend of vaudeville,� 283 00:25:42,169 --> 00:25:44,125 and part of his old team.� 284 00:25:44,529 --> 00:25:49,126 For MGM's first film he chose something very dear to him, the camera. 285 00:25:52,250 --> 00:25:56,402 The camera that had captivated him when he started making movies.� 286 00:25:59,290 --> 00:26:02,487 But in MGM movies There had to be a producer.� 287 00:26:03,050 --> 00:26:09,080 It was Larry Weingarten, who had some experience in comedy, 288 00:26:09,650 --> 00:26:12,961 but it seemed somewhat lost in Keaton's film.� 289 00:26:14,571 --> 00:26:16,687 "The Cameraman" It became one of his favorites.� 290 00:26:16,891 --> 00:26:19,724 He played a street photographer.� 291 00:26:20,131 --> 00:26:21,803 A parade goes by.� 292 00:26:23,091 --> 00:26:26,003 And here it comes a newsreel operator.� 293 00:26:28,651 --> 00:26:30,562 I see the Hearst operator,� 294 00:26:31,091 --> 00:26:32,730 and the girl who writes the texts. 295 00:26:33,012 --> 00:26:36,448 Just a glance is enough for me� and immediately I know. 296 00:26:37,612 --> 00:26:42,447 I run to sell my camera in a store 297 00:26:42,892 --> 00:26:45,122 and bought a camcorder second hand.� 298 00:26:45,372 --> 00:26:47,681 It is a very old model.� 299 00:26:47,932 --> 00:26:50,207 I decide to film. 300 00:26:53,332 --> 00:26:55,289 And, of course I have problems.� 301 00:27:20,174 --> 00:27:22,608 One of the biggest problems It was the script. 302 00:27:22,934 --> 00:27:25,402 Keaton had never written one.� 303 00:27:25,814 --> 00:27:30,285 And this was very complicated, even� having foreseen the outcomes. 304 00:27:31,134 --> 00:27:34,012 Filming on location in� New York was impossible.� 305 00:27:34,254 --> 00:27:37,167 People gathered when Keaton appeared. 306 00:27:37,895 --> 00:27:41,444 So the script in New York was reduced to a minimum. 307 00:27:42,695 --> 00:27:47,644 They filmed the key scenes in the street at 5 in the morning on Sunday. 308 00:27:56,895 --> 00:28:00,206 Then they came back to finish the film in the studio.� 309 00:28:09,496 --> 00:28:14,092 On location at the MGM Keaton design a war between Chinese gangs in Chinatown.� 310 00:28:40,177 --> 00:28:43,056 Keaton exploded all MGM resources.� 311 00:28:43,458 --> 00:28:47,292 The studio gave him a lift� for one of his most relevant scenes.� 312 00:28:50,738 --> 00:28:54,333 Buster waits anxiously a phone call from his beloved.� 313 00:29:59,541 --> 00:30:01,611 My meeting is over, so... 314 00:30:51,904 --> 00:30:53,974 Forgive me for the delay. 315 00:30:56,744 --> 00:30:58,416 The great success of "The Cameraman" 316 00:30:58,864 --> 00:31:02,618 confirmed to MGM that its position, and not Keaton's, it was the correct one. 317 00:31:03,064 --> 00:31:07,660 For the next film the script and the budget were even stricter.� 318 00:31:08,024 --> 00:31:13,053 Part of the team went on to other films, and his marriage was in crisis.� 319 00:31:14,025 --> 00:31:18,940 After the birth of her second child� The relationship between Buster and Natalie became strained.� 320 00:31:19,425 --> 00:31:22,656 Buster fell in love from another woman, Dorothy Sebastian,� 321 00:31:22,985 --> 00:31:25,738 the star of his new movie "Spite Marriage." 322 00:31:28,425 --> 00:31:31,337 Keaton plays Elmer, secretly in love with an actress,� 323 00:31:33,745 --> 00:31:35,577 too shy to reveal himself.� 324 00:32:17,187 --> 00:32:20,976 Elmer's dream comes true and participate in the show.� 325 00:32:25,788 --> 00:32:30,418 Keaton wanted to make a talking film. but MGM insisted with a silent film, 326 00:32:30,708 --> 00:32:33,700 with this soundtrack� and some sound effects.� 327 00:32:33,988 --> 00:32:38,539 Despite the impositions, "Spite Marriage", kept the Keaton touch,� 328 00:32:39,148 --> 00:32:40,423 for the last time. 329 00:32:50,109 --> 00:32:52,828 How silent and how calm on the old plantation! 330 00:32:59,549 --> 00:33:04,863 At the end of the show, Elmer must kiss the heroine, the object of his love.� 331 00:33:33,751 --> 00:33:37,107 MGM imposed on the stars don't take risks.� 332 00:33:41,031 --> 00:33:44,945 It fell continuously, He came off a table and fell on his face. 333 00:33:45,152 --> 00:33:46,585 ANDY NEALIS Assistant Director 334 00:33:46,792 --> 00:33:49,989 and I thought:� "Oh God, he will break all his bones." 335 00:33:55,352 --> 00:33:58,230 I told him: "You risk not play baseball anymore." 336 00:33:58,432 --> 00:34:00,423 He said, "I'm just working out." 337 00:34:01,112 --> 00:34:05,584 While filming "Spite Marriage," Keaton he does dangerous numbers on his yacht.� 338 00:34:06,633 --> 00:34:10,228 It was going to be the last time, by management decision. 339 00:34:19,193 --> 00:34:22,105 They left him do the acrobatic scenes.� 340 00:34:24,393 --> 00:34:29,422 But they wouldn't allow it If there were horses, cars, 341 00:34:30,994 --> 00:34:33,588 or dangerous scenes. �I couldn't do it.� 342 00:34:37,274 --> 00:34:40,710 Here you can see that the scene It has not been made by Keaton,� 343 00:34:41,074 --> 00:34:43,030 but by stuntman Bobby Rose.� 344 00:34:51,395 --> 00:34:54,831 MGM was ready for sound, but not Keaton.� 345 00:34:55,435 --> 00:34:58,472 It took a year find a suitable sound.� 346 00:35:32,717 --> 00:35:35,390 He wasn't worried about the sound,� 347 00:35:35,597 --> 00:35:39,749 because he had a beautiful voice no stuttering or speech defects.� 348 00:35:40,277 --> 00:35:44,065 I wasn't worried about having to speak or sing,� 349 00:35:44,517 --> 00:35:46,155 I had always done it.� 350 00:35:54,678 --> 00:35:56,873 The problem was not the voice,� but the character.� 351 00:35:58,038 --> 00:36:00,552 MGM tried to change it.� 352 00:36:05,438 --> 00:36:09,147 Make him a sad clown� that would provoke compassion.� 353 00:36:10,198 --> 00:36:12,712 Something I had never done. 354 00:36:16,479 --> 00:36:19,630 Keaton began to understand that there was no hope.� 355 00:36:26,559 --> 00:36:27,958 theater directors, 356 00:36:29,839 --> 00:36:32,956 the writers,� the dialogueists of New York,� 357 00:36:34,759 --> 00:36:38,912 and the federations of musicians,� everyone had gone to Hollywood.� 358 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:42,871 And when they wrote a script,� 359 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:47,957 They wanted funny lines,� puns, jokes...� 360 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:51,471 Why did he faint? 361 00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:54,319 MGM was concerned for my jokes.� 362 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:58,397 - Did I take off my hat wrong? - You ruined the joke� 363 00:36:58,601 --> 00:37:02,071 They laughed like crazy with the dialogues of these new authors, 364 00:37:02,281 --> 00:37:04,112 with the easy joke.� 365 00:37:04,321 --> 00:37:06,516 "The queen has fainted." Repeat. 366 00:37:06,841 --> 00:37:08,718 "The queen has fainted, repeat." 367 00:37:08,921 --> 00:37:10,798 There was no more action, 368 00:37:11,801 --> 00:37:13,519 but funny lines.� 369 00:37:14,681 --> 00:37:18,071 My battle with Thalberg�in the MGM was like this�:� 370 00:37:18,601 --> 00:37:22,072 Let's make a script for me as it has always been done.� 371 00:37:25,082 --> 00:37:27,277 When the plot is well defined, 372 00:37:27,482 --> 00:37:30,042 spaces can always be carved out� 373 00:37:30,242 --> 00:37:32,437 where dialogues are not essential.� 374 00:37:33,242 --> 00:37:37,201 This is how moments are created lengths of 6, 7, 8 or 9 minutes� 375 00:37:37,922 --> 00:37:39,435 without any type of dialogue.� 376 00:37:41,402 --> 00:37:44,281 Where can I put my old numbers.� 377 00:38:33,205 --> 00:38:37,801 According to Louis Mayer, the final decision It was always from the producer.� 378 00:38:38,285 --> 00:38:40,037 Irving Thalberg liked Keaton,� 379 00:38:40,245 --> 00:38:44,443 but I wanted him to continue the script of its writers.� 380 00:38:45,205 --> 00:38:48,198 But there was a dozen writers 381 00:38:50,286 --> 00:38:53,278 and everyone wanted to get involved. 382 00:38:53,886 --> 00:38:55,956 At a certain point it was no longer possible 383 00:38:56,446 --> 00:39:01,156 do quality work, because� There were many people intervening. 384 00:39:02,606 --> 00:39:05,564 - You're not nervous, are you, Mr. Butts? - No, I'm fine.� 385 00:39:05,766 --> 00:39:10,124 Good. This is your big moment. And I'm going to remind you of a couple of things.� 386 00:39:10,327 --> 00:39:13,000 Never look at the camera when someone talks to you.� 387 00:39:13,207 --> 00:39:15,243 Wait for the reaction and respond. 388 00:39:15,447 --> 00:39:19,201 Take the object, play,� continue as if nothing had happened.� 389 00:39:19,487 --> 00:39:22,047 Otherwise you have to film again.� 390 00:39:22,247 --> 00:39:25,205 If you forget a joke� say something funny.� 391 00:39:25,407 --> 00:39:28,126 Think of the Queen, the King,� 392 00:39:28,327 --> 00:39:30,080 or anything... 393 00:39:30,728 --> 00:39:36,200 They chose the topic without consulting and I couldn't say anything. 394 00:39:36,408 --> 00:39:39,400 I mean, I would say anything,� and then he was gone. 395 00:39:41,568 --> 00:39:43,638 I wouldn't do the scene if it didn't work. 396 00:39:43,848 --> 00:39:44,917 WILLIAM COLLIER JR. Actor and friend� 397 00:39:45,128 --> 00:39:49,485 He would say: "What time tomorrow?" And he would leave. And I understood that something was wrong.� 398 00:39:50,368 --> 00:39:52,519 MGM sent angry telegrams.� 399 00:39:52,729 --> 00:39:54,765 Keaton's absence was worrying. 400 00:39:55,409 --> 00:39:58,719 But without creative control,� It was his only weapon. 401 00:39:58,929 --> 00:40:00,408 He also started drinking.� 402 00:40:01,729 --> 00:40:05,438 Thalberg invited him to take a trip to Europe with Natalie.� 403 00:40:07,369 --> 00:40:09,564 But the trip did not serve to unite them.� 404 00:40:14,170 --> 00:40:16,559 Coming from Kansas,� 405 00:40:17,050 --> 00:40:18,722 without any type of experience.� 406 00:40:19,410 --> 00:40:20,968 I couldn't do... 407 00:40:21,690 --> 00:40:23,760 Listen.�I'll tell you a secret.� 408 00:40:24,930 --> 00:40:26,488 I'm from Kansas.� 409 00:40:27,370 --> 00:40:29,884 - From Kansas? - From Abilene.� 410 00:40:45,771 --> 00:40:49,207 In those days, all the movies They had a Spanish version,� 411 00:40:49,731 --> 00:40:51,926 a German version...� 412 00:40:52,331 --> 00:40:56,484 Sometimes also in Italian, of all the movies.� 413 00:40:56,892 --> 00:40:58,610 And also in French.� 414 00:40:58,812 --> 00:41:01,690 Then they made the movie in English,� 415 00:41:02,012 --> 00:41:04,731 They were putting together the final version.� 416 00:41:05,172 --> 00:41:09,563 Then they would start again and it would be again, scene by scene,� 417 00:41:10,132 --> 00:41:12,805 with Italian actors, Germans, Spanish... 418 00:41:13,012 --> 00:41:16,891 Buster learned to read phonetic transcription 419 00:41:17,613 --> 00:41:21,049 of dialogues on a blackboard next to the camera.� 420 00:41:21,253 --> 00:41:23,847 did the same movie 4 or 5 times.� 421 00:41:24,213 --> 00:41:27,250 The French version was directed by Claude Autant-Lara. 422 00:41:27,573 --> 00:41:28,972 I once told him: 423 00:41:29,173 --> 00:41:30,526 CLAUDE AUTANT-LARA Director� 424 00:41:30,733 --> 00:41:34,806 "This movie is going to be good." in the US, but I don't know in France". 425 00:41:35,013 --> 00:41:38,722 "I don't think it makes them laugh." And he answered: "Does it seem so to you?" 426 00:41:38,934 --> 00:41:44,213 "It would have to change here and here and these details". 427 00:41:44,414 --> 00:41:45,893 He said, "Okay, go ahead." 428 00:41:46,214 --> 00:41:49,650 But Autant-Lara� I had to follow the script.� 429 00:41:50,014 --> 00:41:52,084 After eating I left the set,� 430 00:41:53,694 --> 00:41:56,891 and I saw that there were mounted a moviola. 431 00:41:57,374 --> 00:42:02,688 You had to see well the scene of the American film, 432 00:42:03,775 --> 00:42:08,246 to see how it was shot in the American version� 433 00:42:08,455 --> 00:42:11,572 and copy it exactly� in the French version.� 434 00:42:13,095 --> 00:42:16,007 I said, "Buster, "what can be done?" 435 00:42:17,055 --> 00:42:20,570 And he answered: "My dear, We can only obey. 436 00:42:20,935 --> 00:42:23,052 If they don't fire you." 437 00:42:23,336 --> 00:42:26,851 Keaton didn't like the script. from "Sidewalks of New York", 438 00:42:27,056 --> 00:42:30,014 but he had to obey,� under penalty of suspension.� 439 00:42:30,376 --> 00:42:34,616 One of the directors, Jules White, wanted make it more comical with dogs.� 440 00:42:36,496 --> 00:42:39,090 Even before shoot the first scene,� 441 00:42:39,576 --> 00:42:44,446 I knew it was absolutely impossible. that a good movie would come out.� 442 00:42:45,857 --> 00:42:50,214 However, it raised more than any another of his films, much to his disappointment. 443 00:42:50,417 --> 00:42:52,977 What could you expect from MGM? 444 00:42:54,297 --> 00:42:58,290 At Christmas, family photos They were particularly moving.� 445 00:42:59,057 --> 00:43:03,369 It was the last Christmas that Keaton spent with the family he loved.� 446 00:43:04,017 --> 00:43:06,771 1932 began in an unpromising way.� 447 00:43:06,978 --> 00:43:11,733 The studio had paired him with a New York comedian, Jimmy Durante.� 448 00:43:19,778 --> 00:43:21,928 Keaton found himself suddenly in the background.� 449 00:43:24,498 --> 00:43:29,095 Hello, professor.��How are you?� How did you get here? 450 00:43:29,499 --> 00:43:33,970 With Durante, Keaton lost his battle against excessive dialogue.� 451 00:43:35,619 --> 00:43:38,053 However, for MGM� The goal was not that. 452 00:43:40,899 --> 00:43:44,653 Put him together with Jimmy� It was an attempt to create 453 00:43:44,859 --> 00:43:46,338 SAM MARX Writer, MGM 454 00:43:46,539 --> 00:43:49,612 a comic couple with enormous potential.� 455 00:43:50,060 --> 00:43:52,051 What a piece! We are a force! 456 00:43:52,340 --> 00:43:55,332 - Now, let's enjoy with the boys.� - �Enjoy?� 457 00:43:55,660 --> 00:44:00,211 Jimmy Durante He was a comedian of diverse caliber. 458 00:44:00,420 --> 00:44:05,255 He had little class, and the lack of this It was part of his character. 459 00:44:06,300 --> 00:44:12,649 It hurt me to see a fragment of the new movie.� 460 00:44:15,061 --> 00:44:17,495 From the first scene,� Keaton was not satisfied.� 461 00:44:17,861 --> 00:44:19,055 Good morning, gentlemen.� 462 00:44:19,581 --> 00:44:21,651 Today the weather is good.� 463 00:44:22,301 --> 00:44:26,931 Of course, Jimmy Durante� He can't keep his mouth shut.� 464 00:44:27,221 --> 00:44:30,816 Speak always and everywhere,� It's their way of acting.� 465 00:44:32,542 --> 00:44:34,180 Mr. Elmer Tattle.� 466 00:44:34,902 --> 00:44:35,812 Tuttle. 467 00:44:36,022 --> 00:44:37,899 He is the gentleman to shoot.� 468 00:44:40,102 --> 00:44:44,175 The study could not give you the only thing Keaton wanted: 469 00:44:44,422 --> 00:44:45,571 independence.� 470 00:44:46,422 --> 00:44:48,617 He went into a deep depression.� 471 00:44:49,222 --> 00:44:52,294 Over time it became increasingly unhappy,� 472 00:44:52,502 --> 00:44:56,291 and this was added at the end of their marriage.� 473 00:44:57,223 --> 00:45:00,977 I felt like I lost everything, two children, to whom he was very close.� 474 00:45:01,263 --> 00:45:03,982 Natalie changed her name from Keaton to Talmadge.� 475 00:45:05,223 --> 00:45:07,100 Keaton had become in an alcoholic.� 476 00:45:07,303 --> 00:45:11,501 He had lost everything except his salary. that was wasted in the game.� 477 00:45:12,623 --> 00:45:14,261 Buster was very unhappy 478 00:45:16,224 --> 00:45:17,703 after the divorce.� 479 00:45:18,424 --> 00:45:22,861 They loved each other very much, but Buster drank non-stop 480 00:45:23,384 --> 00:45:26,979 and Natalie couldn't accept it.� 481 00:45:27,464 --> 00:45:31,537 At a given moment� I didn't care about anything else.� 482 00:45:31,824 --> 00:45:33,257 I started drinking too much.� 483 00:45:35,544 --> 00:45:39,618 When I discovered that those scripts They were more appreciated than mine, 484 00:45:39,825 --> 00:45:41,543 What else could I do? 485 00:45:41,745 --> 00:45:45,260 Two movies were enough bad to make me fall.� 486 00:45:45,465 --> 00:45:46,944 Everything happened. 487 00:46:06,146 --> 00:46:09,104 He met alcoholics of all kinds. He married one. 488 00:46:09,306 --> 00:46:10,580 BILL COX Author and friend� 489 00:46:10,786 --> 00:46:14,381 I am also an alcoholic, a drunk.� I love getting drunk.� 490 00:46:14,586 --> 00:46:19,182 There are all kinds of alcoholics.� Buster was the type who didn't know how to drink.� 491 00:46:19,627 --> 00:46:22,380 After two glasses I didn't understand anything.� 492 00:46:23,227 --> 00:46:26,617 I drank until I finished with two options: 493 00:46:26,827 --> 00:46:28,897 heal or die.� 494 00:46:29,907 --> 00:46:32,740 I continued with the drink until he couldn't anymore. 495 00:46:33,227 --> 00:46:36,503 And you can die. Yes, several people have died like this�.� 496 00:46:37,427 --> 00:46:40,305 Keaton met a nurse, Mae Scribbens.� 497 00:46:41,268 --> 00:46:43,577 They married in January 1933.� 498 00:46:44,188 --> 00:46:47,419 Keaton didn't remember it, He was dazed by alcohol.� 499 00:46:48,028 --> 00:46:51,020 If you see the latest two or three films.� 500 00:46:52,628 --> 00:46:54,778 You are hiding something.� 501 00:46:55,068 --> 00:46:57,059 - Isn't that so? - No, it's just... 502 00:46:59,788 --> 00:47:03,498 You are hiding something.� Tell me, what are you doing in this place? 503 00:47:04,149 --> 00:47:05,377 I make beer! 504 00:47:06,269 --> 00:47:08,419 - Do you want some? - No, I don't want...� 505 00:47:08,629 --> 00:47:12,861 I'll give you whatever you want.� But don't tell my partner.� 506 00:47:13,189 --> 00:47:15,100 In short, I think Buster� 507 00:47:15,309 --> 00:47:16,628 AL ROGELL Director� 508 00:47:16,829 --> 00:47:18,979 I drank because of loneliness.� 509 00:47:20,269 --> 00:47:23,864 Although when I was in company He was a solitary individual.� 510 00:47:26,150 --> 00:47:30,507 In many ways, his cold humor� It was a reflection.� 511 00:47:32,510 --> 00:47:36,981 I think Buster became an alcoholic� because I was very frustrated 512 00:47:37,710 --> 00:47:40,270 seeing his career� so mistreated.� 513 00:47:40,710 --> 00:47:43,099 "Nothing to say in his defense?" 514 00:47:43,590 --> 00:47:47,106 �Of course!��What have we done� to be arrested? 515 00:47:47,551 --> 00:47:50,827 What have we done? �It's a chase!� 516 00:47:51,231 --> 00:47:54,985 �It's nothing more than a chase!� I have to tell you something.� 517 00:47:55,391 --> 00:47:57,302 We are modest people.� 518 00:47:57,711 --> 00:48:01,784 And from New York to California� We have never hurt anyone.� 519 00:48:02,311 --> 00:48:06,862 How much patience can we have? two people like us... 520 00:48:08,872 --> 00:48:12,467 At the premiere of the film, all cinemas They announced the new couple. 521 00:48:14,392 --> 00:48:17,543 Even in cartoons� They were inseparable.� 522 00:48:21,152 --> 00:48:26,306 Keaton lived on his "street yacht," Natalie had sold the royal yacht.� 523 00:48:26,832 --> 00:48:29,427 There were bunk beds and he walked like a ship.� 524 00:48:29,753 --> 00:48:32,950 While working� He lived in the MGM parking lot.� 525 00:48:33,153 --> 00:48:37,226 I had the car at the back of the studio. 526 00:48:37,993 --> 00:48:40,632 and there were always parties.� 527 00:48:40,833 --> 00:48:43,984 Mayer was finally informed,� 528 00:48:44,193 --> 00:48:47,902 and I have always maintained that it was� a man of great morals.� 529 00:48:48,513 --> 00:48:53,588 I wanted to avoid the scandal in the studio.� 530 00:48:53,794 --> 00:48:55,705 There were many girls, 531 00:48:56,234 --> 00:48:59,624 a lot of alcohol and there was probably play. 532 00:49:01,234 --> 00:49:03,907 So Mayer sent Eddie Mannix,� 533 00:49:04,634 --> 00:49:06,590 who was the studio manager, 534 00:49:06,994 --> 00:49:09,554 to stop the party,� 535 00:49:09,754 --> 00:49:13,270 but Mannix joined the others.� 536 00:49:13,675 --> 00:49:16,030 It didn't work very well.� 537 00:49:17,075 --> 00:49:20,670 It was like sending an arsonist to extinguish a fire.� 538 00:49:21,235 --> 00:49:25,274 When Mayer realized that Eddie would not solve the problem,� 539 00:49:25,475 --> 00:49:29,184 I decided to go in person and had a furious argument with Buster.� 540 00:49:29,435 --> 00:49:31,153 Louis Mayer hated Keaton.� 541 00:49:31,355 --> 00:49:33,107 RAYMOND ROHAUER Business partner� 542 00:49:33,435 --> 00:49:37,554 And Keaton always said that Mayer� 543 00:49:38,196 --> 00:49:42,951 He was his worst enemy in the studio.� 544 00:49:43,236 --> 00:49:47,388 Finally Buster� He kicked him out of his truck, 545 00:49:48,076 --> 00:49:50,590 and Mayer kicked him out of the studio. 546 00:49:51,396 --> 00:49:54,706 And that was Buster's final exit� 547 00:49:54,916 --> 00:49:57,795 of film studios.� 548 00:49:58,237 --> 00:50:02,674 I think Buster's final joke� It was very successful: 549 00:50:03,157 --> 00:50:05,671 "You've ruined my character." 550 00:50:05,997 --> 00:50:11,230 And it was true. I couldn't. make the movie I wanted.� 551 00:50:11,877 --> 00:50:14,471 Buster Keaton was only 37 years old.� 552 00:50:16,237 --> 00:50:18,752 And he was one of the actors dearest 553 00:50:20,838 --> 00:50:24,308 Buster was one of the greatest,� and not only at work,� 554 00:50:24,518 --> 00:50:26,554 but also as a person.� 555 00:50:29,238 --> 00:50:33,550 He was easy to work with, He had great talent, he was open. 556 00:50:33,758 --> 00:50:37,307 It is easy to consider it one of the most greatest in the world. In fact it was. 557 00:50:38,959 --> 00:50:42,429 At the end of "The Cameraman"� He is fired from the MGM news program. 558 00:50:42,639 --> 00:50:44,789 and he is a photographer again.� 559 00:50:46,319 --> 00:50:50,870 But his girl says that they have I've barely seen his work, and it's fantastic.� 560 00:50:54,359 --> 00:50:59,433 "They talk about you! They want to give you a warm welcome! "� 561 00:51:02,160 --> 00:51:05,948 30 years passed until Buster Keaton was awarded. 562 00:51:08,080 --> 00:51:10,674 But when the new generations they saw his silent films 563 00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:13,958 his genius� was finally recognized.