1 00:00:33,250 --> 00:00:36,846 Episode 3 2 00:00:44,250 --> 00:00:48,846 In the early 1920s Keaton was one of the most important comedians in Hollywood.� 3 00:00:51,010 --> 00:00:54,002 10 years later,� like many silent film stars,� 4 00:00:54,210 --> 00:00:56,804 started to lose the attention of the public.� 5 00:00:57,010 --> 00:00:59,967 Cast by MGM� divorced and alcoholic,� 6 00:01:00,169 --> 00:01:02,967 He was alone.� 7 00:01:03,249 --> 00:01:05,717 The tests to which he was his character subdued, 8 00:01:05,929 --> 00:01:08,159 He suffered them firsthand. 9 00:01:09,689 --> 00:01:11,645 These were the most difficult years,� 10 00:01:11,849 --> 00:01:14,488 but Keaton and his talent� they would triumph. 11 00:01:19,889 --> 00:01:21,083 1934. 12 00:01:22,649 --> 00:01:25,163 In Europe Keaton It was still very popular.� 13 00:01:26,649 --> 00:01:30,357 In this French film throws fake bills. 14 00:01:31,528 --> 00:01:34,326 The hopes placed on the film They were disappointed.� 15 00:01:34,648 --> 00:01:36,479 It never reached America.� 16 00:01:43,448 --> 00:01:46,042 However, it had gags Keaton style. 17 00:01:51,168 --> 00:01:53,477 Upon returning to New York� a journalist was waiting for him 18 00:01:53,688 --> 00:01:56,998 who had interviewed the comedian Jack Pearl,� known as "Baron Munchausen". 19 00:01:57,568 --> 00:02:00,957 Maybe it reminded Keaton the spirit of Jimmy Durante,� 20 00:02:01,167 --> 00:02:03,522 Or was he just depressed? 21 00:02:03,967 --> 00:02:07,164 but anyway� Keaton sabotaged the interview. 22 00:02:07,447 --> 00:02:08,675 "My Aunt Sophie?" 23 00:02:08,887 --> 00:02:12,721 He went to the ocean to find his aunt Sophie.��And how did he get down? 24 00:02:12,927 --> 00:02:15,919 I got off the boat and I went to see her.� 25 00:02:16,327 --> 00:02:18,283 Low I understand. 26 00:02:20,287 --> 00:02:22,164 What was your aunt doing in the ocean? 27 00:02:22,367 --> 00:02:23,641 How will I know? 28 00:02:27,207 --> 00:02:29,436 My aunt was in the ocean.� 29 00:02:30,126 --> 00:02:32,356 What was he doing in the ocean? 30 00:02:32,566 --> 00:02:36,081 He was a lighthouse keeper,� in the middle of the ocean.� 31 00:02:37,846 --> 00:02:39,802 No, don't say anything.� 32 00:02:45,406 --> 00:02:48,637 You know what? It was a mermaid. who played the piano. 33 00:02:48,966 --> 00:02:51,958 He showed the scales to the fish. 34 00:02:53,166 --> 00:02:54,281 Why don't you say anything? 35 00:02:54,486 --> 00:02:57,398 I saw a fish tuning the piano 36 00:02:57,686 --> 00:02:59,038 Do you know what fish it was? 37 00:03:00,045 --> 00:03:01,364 I have no idea.� 38 00:03:01,565 --> 00:03:02,600 �A tuna!� 39 00:03:07,405 --> 00:03:11,444 In 1933, Educational Pictures He invited Keaton to join the staff. 40 00:03:11,645 --> 00:03:15,081 He sank his reputation in a series of bad comedies, 41 00:03:15,285 --> 00:03:16,559 made in a few days.� 42 00:03:17,525 --> 00:03:20,597 For your own comedy, Keaton was there for more than a month. 43 00:03:25,125 --> 00:03:27,559 He made about 12 films for Educational. 44 00:03:27,765 --> 00:03:29,243 ELEANOR KEATON Widow� 45 00:03:29,444 --> 00:03:33,119 The only sophisticated It was "Grand Slam Opera." 46 00:03:33,924 --> 00:03:36,199 It was attributed to Keaton the film script 47 00:03:37,124 --> 00:03:38,876 and a parody of Fred Astaire.� 48 00:04:04,523 --> 00:04:08,232 The director at the Educational He was a childhood friend: 49 00:04:08,443 --> 00:04:09,478 Charles Lamont. 50 00:04:10,083 --> 00:04:13,598 You worked well with him, He was a very intelligent man.� 51 00:04:14,363 --> 00:04:16,081 I accepted their contributions� 52 00:04:16,283 --> 00:04:18,114 CHARLES LAMONT Director� 53 00:04:18,323 --> 00:04:21,440 because he knew a lot what he was talking about. 54 00:04:22,723 --> 00:04:24,793 This is how I became a good director.� 55 00:04:25,003 --> 00:04:28,756 I never said: "I am the director,� do what I tell you. "� 56 00:04:28,962 --> 00:04:30,281 I never told that to anyone.� 57 00:04:31,002 --> 00:04:33,721 Keaton looked totally exhausted.� 58 00:04:33,922 --> 00:04:36,720 He was happy with replenishing old gags. 59 00:04:37,362 --> 00:04:41,150 30 years ago, he had interpreted those same gags with the father. 60 00:04:53,602 --> 00:04:57,231 A director who knew him well� Years later he was Anthony Simmons.� 61 00:04:57,721 --> 00:05:00,599 He replenished his great numbers. 62 00:05:01,281 --> 00:05:03,272 He continually resorted to the past. 63 00:05:03,481 --> 00:05:04,630 ANTHONY SIMMONS Director� 64 00:05:04,841 --> 00:05:06,194 I wasn't looking for new ideas.� 65 00:05:06,401 --> 00:05:10,394 Talking about the scene, he said: "This is good..." 66 00:05:11,121 --> 00:05:12,520 "Why not do it again?" 67 00:05:12,721 --> 00:05:16,760 He returned to his experiences and his old hits. 68 00:05:17,321 --> 00:05:18,913 Bell Boy, 1919. 69 00:05:22,161 --> 00:05:24,231 Love Nest On Wheels, 1937. 70 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,358 The Goat, 1921. 71 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:35,475 Blue Blazes, 1936. 72 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:47,476 Bell Boy: A horse and the elevator of a hotel.� 73 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:55,272 Love Nest On Wheels. 74 00:06:01,399 --> 00:06:03,549 This is Buster's sister, Louise.� 75 00:06:04,239 --> 00:06:07,231 When I was a child, He helped support the family.� 76 00:06:07,719 --> 00:06:09,232 But now he was bankrupt.� 77 00:06:09,959 --> 00:06:13,235 The family works two films at Educational.� 78 00:06:14,879 --> 00:06:19,873 Old Potts says if not We pay the 350 of the mortgage� 79 00:06:20,359 --> 00:06:21,678 We are outside. 80 00:06:22,199 --> 00:06:25,236 Where are we going to get it from? u$s 350?� 81 00:06:26,319 --> 00:06:28,832 Oppressed by bills that I couldn't pay, 82 00:06:29,038 --> 00:06:31,598 Keaton drowned his anxieties in alcohol.� 83 00:06:31,798 --> 00:06:33,709 His second shipwrecked marriage�.� 84 00:06:34,038 --> 00:06:36,836 He divorced Mary Scribbens in 1935. 85 00:06:38,078 --> 00:06:42,868 He went to England to film a movie. of a refugee from Central Europe.� 86 00:06:43,238 --> 00:06:46,992 It was Sam Spiegel� in one of his first films.� 87 00:06:49,238 --> 00:06:51,991 I knew it wouldn't be a great movie,� 88 00:06:52,198 --> 00:06:53,631 but it was all for the money.� 89 00:06:53,918 --> 00:06:58,627 The director, Adrian Brunel, received a note from Spiegel's assistant:� 90 00:06:59,317 --> 00:07:00,909 "Don't let him drink!" 91 00:07:02,037 --> 00:07:03,629 Buster was an alcoholic,� 92 00:07:03,837 --> 00:07:04,906 JOHN MONTGOMERY Journalist� 93 00:07:05,117 --> 00:07:06,630 and it was like that all the time. 94 00:07:07,157 --> 00:07:09,990 During filming it was clear� 95 00:07:10,557 --> 00:07:14,436 who was trying hard to recover from the hangover from the night before.� 96 00:07:14,997 --> 00:07:18,910 Keaton returned to the United States. and had a total collapse.� 97 00:07:22,917 --> 00:07:26,545 The doctors were decisive: quit alcohol or die.� 98 00:07:27,236 --> 00:07:29,466 For five years he didn't touch the bottle.� 99 00:07:30,356 --> 00:07:32,551 In 1937 he returned to MGM,� 100 00:07:32,876 --> 00:07:35,913 but your salary It was of a different tenor.� 101 00:07:36,396 --> 00:07:38,591 Now he was just a gag writer.� 102 00:07:40,516 --> 00:07:42,154 A journalist asked him: 103 00:07:42,476 --> 00:07:44,148 BILL COX Author and friend� 104 00:07:44,356 --> 00:07:48,349 "How does it feel to charge $300?" being able to charge US$3,000?" 105 00:07:48,836 --> 00:07:52,192 And Buster: "If I'm worth more "They will pay me more." 106 00:07:52,716 --> 00:07:54,547 I didn't want to be benevolent,� 107 00:07:55,676 --> 00:07:57,711 nor compassionate. It was just... 108 00:07:58,235 --> 00:08:02,114 I was convinced I could do it.� 109 00:08:02,315 --> 00:08:04,465 He knew exactly what he was doing. 110 00:08:04,715 --> 00:08:07,707 I wrote gags for everyone, even for the Marx Brothers.� 111 00:08:07,915 --> 00:08:10,270 Even before work� with the Marx Brothers,� 112 00:08:10,475 --> 00:08:14,673 "The Cameraman" scene in a locker room with Ed Brophy� 113 00:08:14,955 --> 00:08:18,072 had inspired one of his most famous scenes.� 114 00:08:21,475 --> 00:08:22,590 Please come in. 115 00:08:36,074 --> 00:08:39,669 It was impossible to have all three. simultaneously on set.� 116 00:08:40,234 --> 00:08:44,386 For a film with the Marx Brothers� three assistant directors were needed,� 117 00:08:44,674 --> 00:08:46,187 one for each brother.� 118 00:08:47,434 --> 00:08:51,063 There was always one missing. As soon as one arrived The other two were gone.� 119 00:08:51,674 --> 00:08:55,951 There was not so much worry for organizing a scene or a gag.� 120 00:08:56,353 --> 00:08:58,025 It was improvised on the spot. 121 00:08:58,353 --> 00:09:02,187 Abbot and Costello asked:� "When do we come and what do we wear?" 122 00:09:02,633 --> 00:09:05,705 They read the script only the day of filming.� 123 00:09:06,153 --> 00:09:08,621 They didn't care,� They didn't even rehearse it. 124 00:09:08,993 --> 00:09:10,426 They made me crazy.� 125 00:09:10,633 --> 00:09:15,070 In my time we chewed the script,� we dreamed about it at night.� 126 00:09:16,113 --> 00:09:18,673 Hurry up, Buster.� �The movie is ending!� 127 00:09:18,873 --> 00:09:19,862 It was the end of an era.� 128 00:09:20,793 --> 00:09:23,512 In Hollywood's tribute to silent cinema� 129 00:09:23,713 --> 00:09:25,862 Keaton played an unusual role: 130 00:09:26,272 --> 00:09:28,263 like a simple clown. 131 00:09:34,552 --> 00:09:34,672 This movie within a movie was directed by Mal St. Clair. 132 00:09:34,672 --> 00:09:37,505 But it was obvious 133 00:09:37,992 --> 00:09:41,223 that Keaton wanted to be further ahead that behind the camera.� 134 00:09:42,232 --> 00:09:44,063 The girl is Alice Faye.� 135 00:09:45,192 --> 00:09:49,663 This sequence is a tribute to Mack� Sennett and his Keystone police.� 136 00:10:16,231 --> 00:10:18,745 Keaton just wanted to participate.� 137 00:10:24,071 --> 00:10:25,901 Keaton was a gag prodigy.� 138 00:10:26,430 --> 00:10:29,581 For the charity match,� for Mount Sina Hospital�,� 139 00:10:29,790 --> 00:10:32,668 he was always the captain from the comedy team.� 140 00:10:33,070 --> 00:10:34,628 Buster arrived at the field 141 00:10:34,830 --> 00:10:35,899 AL ROGELL Director� 142 00:10:36,110 --> 00:10:41,059 with all his comedians and a truck complete with scenic materials 143 00:10:41,270 --> 00:10:44,740 that he had invented and those he had worked with, 144 00:10:44,950 --> 00:10:45,860 and everything happened. 145 00:10:46,830 --> 00:10:48,707 Mary Pickford throws the ball.� 146 00:11:01,309 --> 00:11:02,901 Buster Keaton is out.� 147 00:11:07,069 --> 00:11:10,903 Buster Keaton on defense.� In reality, he is completely helpless. 148 00:11:13,109 --> 00:11:15,669 In 1939, Columbia encouraged him 149 00:11:15,869 --> 00:11:18,588 to imitate Harold Lloyd and other comedians.� 150 00:11:20,429 --> 00:11:22,101 Jules White directed the series.� 151 00:11:22,309 --> 00:11:24,424 Keaton liked only the first 152 00:11:24,948 --> 00:11:28,736 a remake of "The Invader" of two rolls instead of six,� 153 00:11:29,508 --> 00:11:31,703 run by an old friend, Del Lord. 154 00:11:31,988 --> 00:11:34,058 He adapted well to the team 155 00:11:34,268 --> 00:11:36,304 ED BERNS sound engineer 156 00:11:36,508 --> 00:11:39,659 and had an excellent relationship with Keaton.� 157 00:11:40,268 --> 00:11:42,828 They confronted, agreed, 158 00:11:43,348 --> 00:11:45,179 and they made a good movie,� 159 00:11:45,388 --> 00:11:49,825 if we consider the budget limits� from a two-reel Columbia film. 160 00:13:17,345 --> 00:13:20,257 In 1940, Keaton married � a young dancer,� 161 00:13:20,465 --> 00:13:21,739 Eleanor Norris. 162 00:13:23,105 --> 00:13:25,095 Marriage changed his life.� 163 00:13:25,304 --> 00:13:28,694 His devoted wife� for 16 years. Mrs. Keaton! 164 00:13:34,264 --> 00:13:36,653 Please sit next to Buster.� 165 00:13:38,184 --> 00:13:39,981 -The tie...� - Yes, I know.� 166 00:13:40,544 --> 00:13:41,977 Go ahead, mom.� 167 00:13:42,184 --> 00:13:46,097 What were these years like? next to Buster? 168 00:13:47,184 --> 00:13:50,972 We were very happy,� despite the lean times.� 169 00:13:51,264 --> 00:13:53,731 Buster went back to work.� 170 00:13:53,943 --> 00:13:57,333 I'm happy to have him back to work. 171 00:13:57,543 --> 00:13:59,261 United States is happy to see him again.� 172 00:13:59,463 --> 00:14:02,421 In the new movie he will be Eleanor, right? 173 00:14:02,623 --> 00:14:04,454 Did you prepare this? 174 00:14:08,743 --> 00:14:11,132 He always seemed helpless.� 175 00:14:11,463 --> 00:14:14,216 Everyone wanted to be the father,� 176 00:14:15,143 --> 00:14:16,417 like Joe Schenck,� 177 00:14:16,943 --> 00:14:18,012 your doctor,� 178 00:14:18,423 --> 00:14:19,822 and he had two or three mothers. 179 00:14:21,183 --> 00:14:22,775 People always thought 180 00:14:24,062 --> 00:14:25,734 that I needed help.� 181 00:14:26,102 --> 00:14:29,219 In silent cinema this aspect It was part of his character. 182 00:14:30,502 --> 00:14:33,096 Although with the money He didn't know how to handle it. 183 00:14:34,822 --> 00:14:37,017 In "Sherlock Jr."�finds a dollar.� 184 00:14:37,382 --> 00:14:38,781 I didn't have any more money. 185 00:14:38,982 --> 00:14:40,938 I didn't know what to do. 186 00:14:56,421 --> 00:15:00,300 I have lost a dollar, Have you seen it? 187 00:15:07,061 --> 00:15:09,097 Describe it. 188 00:15:24,740 --> 00:15:26,617 He was not a businessman.� 189 00:15:27,900 --> 00:15:29,333 RAYMOND ROHAUER Business partner� 190 00:15:29,540 --> 00:15:33,328 When there was money involved I couldn't make decisions. 191 00:15:33,540 --> 00:15:35,178 Someone did it in his place. 192 00:15:35,860 --> 00:15:37,771 When we decided to get married� 193 00:15:38,500 --> 00:15:42,573 the doctor and another friend They spoke to me, one at a time,� 194 00:15:44,180 --> 00:15:46,171 each for two hours,� 195 00:15:46,660 --> 00:15:49,891 about the reasons� why I shouldn't marry him. 196 00:15:51,140 --> 00:15:53,653 I listened carefully, 197 00:15:54,379 --> 00:15:56,256 and then we went to get married.� 198 00:15:57,179 --> 00:15:59,693 They wanted to protect him from me.� 199 00:16:00,379 --> 00:16:02,449 I had quite a few problems.� 200 00:16:04,939 --> 00:16:06,338 28 years later,� 201 00:16:06,979 --> 00:16:09,812 if they were still alive It was a surprise. 202 00:16:13,779 --> 00:16:15,007 �Cease fire!� 203 00:16:16,259 --> 00:16:19,854 MGM decided to remake some old Keaton movies with Red Skelton.� 204 00:16:20,579 --> 00:16:22,569 This is a remake of "The General." 205 00:16:26,378 --> 00:16:29,176 Keaton wrote some old gags for this scene.� 206 00:16:45,418 --> 00:16:46,897 A Yankee.��Shoot!� 207 00:16:53,697 --> 00:16:56,450 A previous film with Skelton� I had a problem with the script. 208 00:16:56,777 --> 00:17:01,009 Skelton is at the house Esther Williams, caught by the dog.� 209 00:17:02,937 --> 00:17:04,848 Red tries to get out but the dog prevents it. 210 00:17:05,057 --> 00:17:08,606 He puts on Esther's clothes but he doesn't let him go.� 211 00:17:09,137 --> 00:17:12,209 In one way or another� I had to get out. 212 00:17:13,017 --> 00:17:14,928 We didn't know how.� 213 00:17:15,417 --> 00:17:16,611 We called Buster.� 214 00:17:16,817 --> 00:17:18,614 JACK CUMMINGS Producer, MGM� 215 00:17:18,817 --> 00:17:22,889 Buster gave him a look. and found the solution immediately.� 216 00:17:38,656 --> 00:17:40,806 It was incredible, magical. 217 00:17:42,576 --> 00:17:45,648 1949.�Buster Keaton� It was back in the papers.� 218 00:17:46,296 --> 00:17:48,366 Officially rediscovered. 219 00:17:48,896 --> 00:17:53,605 Life magazine published a tribute to the great comedian written by James Agee.� 220 00:17:55,695 --> 00:17:58,528 Now it was required for a new type of show.� 221 00:17:59,975 --> 00:18:02,091 Charming at its peak,� 222 00:18:02,295 --> 00:18:03,489 and still today.� 223 00:18:04,135 --> 00:18:06,888 With us here tonight,� perform on stage 224 00:18:07,375 --> 00:18:10,014 the first scene what film� for the cinema.� 225 00:18:10,455 --> 00:18:12,685 Accompanied by Billy Gilbert. 226 00:18:13,855 --> 00:18:16,164 GIVE ME 25 CENTS OF MOLASSES 227 00:18:25,854 --> 00:18:29,529 Just like the original, molasses� It was poured into the hat, 228 00:18:29,934 --> 00:18:32,448 and once again Keaton doesn't realize.� 229 00:18:41,814 --> 00:18:45,363 The obvious joy of the audience� He was an inspiration for Keaton.� 230 00:18:45,854 --> 00:18:48,527 I returned it to the years of the variety. 231 00:19:09,373 --> 00:19:11,364 Despite his 50 years of age,� 232 00:19:11,813 --> 00:19:15,283 Keaton was doing something which was not in the original.� 233 00:19:20,573 --> 00:19:23,370 It was difficult,� but very fun.� 234 00:19:27,132 --> 00:19:30,332 When his television show started, It was live.� 235 00:19:31,852 --> 00:19:33,683 Then they asked him to make another one.� 236 00:19:35,012 --> 00:19:36,923 Starting with the second series,� 237 00:19:37,132 --> 00:19:41,171 I discovered that I only had the cameras, not the public.� 238 00:19:42,532 --> 00:19:43,965 But for me... 239 00:19:44,812 --> 00:19:47,531 I couldn't do this type of program.� 240 00:19:47,772 --> 00:19:51,889 I wouldn't have signed again.� Knowing that what they wanted was 241 00:19:52,571 --> 00:19:56,200 make a weekly program� with new material.� 242 00:19:56,411 --> 00:19:58,845 I said, "This isn't working." You can't go that fast, 243 00:19:59,091 --> 00:20:01,480 even if other authors are called." 244 00:20:01,811 --> 00:20:05,247 So I was happy with making appearances. 245 00:20:07,171 --> 00:20:09,287 The television had than having an audience.� 246 00:20:11,371 --> 00:20:15,762 In television appearances,� Eleanor was his official companion. 247 00:20:27,490 --> 00:20:30,448 He was very thorough and mathematical. in your work� 248 00:20:31,170 --> 00:20:33,479 and that's how I had to be. 249 00:20:46,490 --> 00:20:49,766 Like many others� of its female protagonists,� 250 00:20:50,289 --> 00:20:56,239 It was part of the stage furniture that he threw, fell, and everything else. 251 00:20:57,289 --> 00:20:59,849 Eleanor accompanied him in two shares 252 00:21:00,049 --> 00:21:01,960 at the Medrano Circus in Paris.� 253 00:21:02,409 --> 00:21:04,877 The circus he imagined,� 254 00:21:05,089 --> 00:21:06,158 JEROME MEDRANO Medrano Circus of Paris 255 00:21:06,369 --> 00:21:08,087 like an American circus,� 256 00:21:08,489 --> 00:21:13,324 a huge store with 5 thousand or ten thousand people, 257 00:21:13,809 --> 00:21:17,165 It terrified him. 258 00:21:19,129 --> 00:21:20,720 But when he saw it 259 00:21:20,928 --> 00:21:24,841 I changed my mind,� because my circus was very small.� 260 00:21:25,168 --> 00:21:26,840 There were 1,500 people.� 261 00:21:28,488 --> 00:21:31,366 The clown is hiding behind the scenes 262 00:21:32,928 --> 00:21:33,917 to spy on him. 263 00:21:35,408 --> 00:21:37,444 The clown learns from Keaton. 264 00:21:38,208 --> 00:21:40,847 In this number� he directs it himself. 265 00:21:41,128 --> 00:21:43,517 He was very quiet when he directed. 266 00:21:43,728 --> 00:21:44,877 LEN "THE SPIDER" AUSTIN Clown� 267 00:21:45,728 --> 00:21:49,004 Instead of talking, He took you and moved you. 268 00:21:55,327 --> 00:21:57,363 He practically grabbed me 269 00:21:57,847 --> 00:22:02,363 and he shook me, he told me how walk and where to stop. 270 00:22:03,647 --> 00:22:07,686 I can say that I and The other clowns were stunned.� 271 00:22:09,007 --> 00:22:11,680 In England,� Keaton visited the music hall. 272 00:22:14,327 --> 00:22:18,525 Acted alongside big names like George Robey and Hettie King. 273 00:22:19,486 --> 00:22:21,920 The most famous of all, Charles Chaplin,� 274 00:22:22,126 --> 00:22:26,358 gave him a part in his story� from the music hall, "Limelight." 275 00:22:28,086 --> 00:22:31,158 It was the only occasion in which they appeared together.� 276 00:22:34,286 --> 00:22:37,164 Paramount thought of a film about Keaton's life.� 277 00:22:37,926 --> 00:22:40,440 A sweet, bitter one and charming story� 278 00:22:40,646 --> 00:22:43,001 of one of the immortal stars of silent cinema.� 279 00:22:43,206 --> 00:22:44,958 It was a work of fiction. 280 00:22:48,886 --> 00:22:51,319 THE STORY OF BUSTER KEATON 281 00:22:52,325 --> 00:22:55,795 It was the consultant, but no one consulted him. 282 00:22:56,445 --> 00:22:59,835 Buster's opinions were not taken into account.� 283 00:23:02,325 --> 00:23:04,998 I didn't follow Buster's story.� 284 00:23:05,325 --> 00:23:07,361 They insisted on their alcoholism.� 285 00:23:07,565 --> 00:23:11,114 We knew about your problems. with alcohol,� 286 00:23:11,445 --> 00:23:14,642 but that was not the most important thing.� 287 00:23:15,765 --> 00:23:17,323 These are some scenes with him. 288 00:23:17,645 --> 00:23:19,475 To evade the gangster, Junior, 289 00:23:20,324 --> 00:23:22,758 He uses an old number from his father.� 290 00:23:23,084 --> 00:23:25,678 Your helper� He disguises himself as a street vendor.� 291 00:23:34,604 --> 00:23:36,834 Donald O'Connor� It was the counterfigure. 292 00:23:44,204 --> 00:23:46,320 It was a wonderful trick,� but dangerous.� 293 00:23:46,724 --> 00:23:50,079 I had to enter in this little hole, 294 00:23:50,523 --> 00:23:53,720 throwing myself straight, I couldn't bend. 295 00:23:54,003 --> 00:23:57,962 It had to be very straight and be careful not to hit your head� 296 00:23:58,563 --> 00:23:59,632 when it landed.� 297 00:24:00,323 --> 00:24:03,713 As soon as I entered in the box around his neck,� 298 00:24:04,323 --> 00:24:07,235 lowered his legs behind the wall.� 299 00:24:07,843 --> 00:24:11,313 The wall was closed and his legs barely fit. 300 00:24:12,003 --> 00:24:15,678 He was moving away from the wall. and there was nothing behind.� 301 00:24:15,883 --> 00:24:18,521 With Keaton present observing the scene,� 302 00:24:19,002 --> 00:24:21,914 I felt like nothing could happen. 303 00:24:23,202 --> 00:24:24,555 With "The Buster Keaton Story"� 304 00:24:24,802 --> 00:24:28,761 I bought a modest house in the San Fernando Valley,� 305 00:24:28,962 --> 00:24:31,840 where Keaton spent his last 10 years.� 306 00:24:33,042 --> 00:24:34,794 He called it his "ranch." 307 00:24:36,242 --> 00:24:39,120 He surrounded himself of strange machinery. 308 00:24:39,562 --> 00:24:42,122 Many said What if I hadn't been an actor? 309 00:24:42,362 --> 00:24:44,193 He could have been an engineer.� 310 00:24:44,402 --> 00:24:46,757 When I Met Buster I went to his house.� 311 00:24:47,082 --> 00:24:49,037 Eleanor told me he was in the garage.� 312 00:24:49,241 --> 00:24:51,391 I was trying to quit smoking.� 313 00:24:51,961 --> 00:24:54,714 So I told him that I wouldn't smoke next to him.� 314 00:24:54,961 --> 00:24:58,192 To quit smoking He had invented a system.� 315 00:24:58,401 --> 00:25:00,357 It was a model train 316 00:25:01,081 --> 00:25:04,278 that was all over the garage.� 317 00:25:04,841 --> 00:25:09,835 When I entered I had barely given a puff on the cigarette. He put it on the train, 318 00:25:10,321 --> 00:25:13,119 He made it walk around the entire garage, 319 00:25:13,561 --> 00:25:17,156 then the train stopped and gave another blast. 320 00:25:17,401 --> 00:25:21,473 The idea was to reduce consumption. Until stopping. 321 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:27,837 The track made a huge turn, It reached a picnic table,� 322 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,190 and returned to the garage. 323 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,797 A wagon carried three eggs, another, a hot dog, 324 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:37,312 radishes, olives...� 325 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:39,988 The train was full of food,� 326 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:44,398 so it was left on the table and each one took what he wanted.� 327 00:25:47,879 --> 00:25:51,838 Sometimes strange things happened, even in the refrigerator,� 328 00:25:52,079 --> 00:25:56,470 a wagon passed He loaded the food and left. 329 00:25:57,919 --> 00:26:00,479 The new owner� from an old Keaton villa,� 330 00:26:00,679 --> 00:26:04,354 James Mason made a discovery interesting in the basement:� 331 00:26:05,079 --> 00:26:07,877 stacks of movies that Keaton had abandoned. 332 00:26:08,239 --> 00:26:10,594 So Keaton got in touch. with Raymond Rohauer. 333 00:26:11,959 --> 00:26:14,632 Rohauer had a movie theater in Los Angeles. 334 00:26:14,959 --> 00:26:17,711 Where Keaton had been for a screening of "The General." 335 00:26:18,438 --> 00:26:20,747 It was the beginning of a new career for Rohauer, 336 00:26:21,038 --> 00:26:22,437 and a new adventure for Keaton,� 337 00:26:22,718 --> 00:26:25,551 who didn't think his old movies They would survive.� 338 00:26:25,798 --> 00:26:28,835 It seemed that Keaton He didn't have a high opinion of himself.� 339 00:26:29,118 --> 00:26:31,507 I thought that 340 00:26:32,038 --> 00:26:35,269 that was no longer of interest to the public.� 341 00:26:35,798 --> 00:26:40,792 I didn't understand why I was interested. preserve the films.� 342 00:26:41,878 --> 00:26:46,554 The nitrate was flammable and subject to chemical decomposition.� 343 00:26:47,677 --> 00:26:50,191 this was the end from the film "The Boat". 344 00:26:55,477 --> 00:26:58,594 Rohauer moved them immediately. to a safe environment.� 345 00:27:01,837 --> 00:27:06,069 A comedy classic in an advanced state of decomposition� 346 00:27:06,277 --> 00:27:07,949 and the big launch day. 347 00:27:57,715 --> 00:28:00,673 In the 50s to Keaton New fields are opening up.� 348 00:28:34,594 --> 00:28:37,666 It is full and puts first with Fireburn. 349 00:28:38,034 --> 00:28:40,423 With the big "Pure" sign. 350 00:28:40,954 --> 00:28:45,106 When I order a beer order a Simon Pure. 351 00:28:46,513 --> 00:28:48,981 The more hops the better. 352 00:28:49,233 --> 00:28:52,509 Nowadays, advertising, Even my dog looks at it.� 353 00:28:53,513 --> 00:28:55,424 For me it is comfortable.� 354 00:28:56,113 --> 00:28:59,662 I shouldn't do anything else I have to stay at home resting. 355 00:29:04,993 --> 00:29:08,622 This parody of an advertisement with Barbara Feldam was unknown. 356 00:29:08,833 --> 00:29:11,631 The product was "Hudnut Shampoo".� 357 00:29:12,353 --> 00:29:14,787 The film It was recently discovered.� 358 00:29:26,392 --> 00:29:29,111 He was invited as a host of Candid Camera. 359 00:29:32,272 --> 00:29:34,627 See the pepper.�Take off the lid.� 360 00:29:37,592 --> 00:29:39,822 The clock ends in the soup.� 361 00:29:41,632 --> 00:29:43,145 The first thing he says is: 362 00:29:43,352 --> 00:29:46,343 "At breakfast." I do fun things." 363 00:29:47,031 --> 00:29:49,420 And I: "Great! What do you need?" 364 00:29:49,631 --> 00:29:51,349 ALLEN FUNT Producer, "Candid Camera" 365 00:29:51,551 --> 00:29:52,870 Answer: "Nothing, zero."� 366 00:29:54,431 --> 00:29:59,710 I say, "Why don't you try it once?" So I get an idea. "� 367 00:30:00,831 --> 00:30:02,264 And the camera films. 368 00:30:05,911 --> 00:30:07,469 Look at this woman...� 369 00:30:08,911 --> 00:30:11,550 Her husband is by her side.� Now you see.� 370 00:30:11,751 --> 00:30:13,946 It tells him what's going on.� 371 00:30:14,551 --> 00:30:17,144 She is too ashamed to look.� 372 00:30:36,870 --> 00:30:40,579 Buster adored him. Although he was not on stage,� 373 00:30:41,910 --> 00:30:43,184 JAMES KAREN Actor and friend� 374 00:30:43,390 --> 00:30:45,949 the gags were physical and I adored them.� 375 00:30:46,229 --> 00:30:47,457 I saw it that way.� 376 00:30:54,989 --> 00:30:57,025 Look closely, be careful.� 377 00:31:03,429 --> 00:31:06,023 One gag after another� in a single shot.� 378 00:31:06,229 --> 00:31:08,060 Only one take was needed. 379 00:31:09,509 --> 00:31:10,578 He was a true genius.� 380 00:31:13,309 --> 00:31:17,221 In addition to television,� Keaton also returned to the theater.� 381 00:31:17,828 --> 00:31:21,184 In "Merton of the Movies" I had to show a film. 382 00:31:21,788 --> 00:31:25,383 They tried it first with a movie. to use in the second act,� 383 00:31:27,348 --> 00:31:31,705 but it didn't have much to do with it with Buster and what we did.� 384 00:31:32,348 --> 00:31:36,739 I had my little girl 16mm camera, 385 00:31:37,188 --> 00:31:39,258 and we made our amateur film, 386 00:31:39,468 --> 00:31:41,220 with a number and everything. 387 00:31:41,428 --> 00:31:45,057 The stage was close to the journalists. 388 00:31:46,467 --> 00:31:48,935 This film was not seen for 30 years.� 389 00:32:18,066 --> 00:32:20,580 In 1959, Keaton received an Oscar. 390 00:32:20,946 --> 00:32:25,019 for his talent, which produced immortal works of comic cinema.� 391 00:32:25,266 --> 00:32:28,542 Hollywood rewarded him, but making a movie was something else. 392 00:32:29,586 --> 00:32:32,942 That year, Anthony Simmons� I wanted to make a movie with Keaton.� 393 00:32:33,306 --> 00:32:35,422 In Great Britain Nobody cared.� 394 00:32:35,626 --> 00:32:37,059 ANTHONY SIMMONS Director� 395 00:32:37,266 --> 00:32:39,177 We went to United Artists,� 396 00:32:39,386 --> 00:32:41,854 and in New York they would have supported 397 00:32:42,146 --> 00:32:43,864 if the movie was made there.� 398 00:32:44,066 --> 00:32:49,264 They couldn't guarantee a film with Keaton for � 22,000 for the British market.� 399 00:32:50,025 --> 00:32:52,744 The film was shot with Peter Sellers.� 400 00:32:53,265 --> 00:32:55,654 They weren't afraid of me or the script. 401 00:32:56,025 --> 00:32:59,335 They were afraid of Keaton and it seemed very sad to me.� 402 00:33:01,825 --> 00:33:05,898 In 1960, Keaton and Rohauer� They visited the French Cinematheque.� 403 00:33:06,585 --> 00:33:09,816 These photos were taken� by an amateur operator. 404 00:33:12,585 --> 00:33:16,497 Many art rooms They screened their films, 405 00:33:16,864 --> 00:33:19,697 and Keaton had a group of loyal followers.� 406 00:33:22,664 --> 00:33:27,499 The warmth with which they were received� convinced Rohauer to launch 407 00:33:27,864 --> 00:33:30,662 a new edition of Keaton in Europe.� 408 00:33:41,064 --> 00:33:44,214 Rohauer organized a tour by Germany�in 1962, 409 00:33:44,623 --> 00:33:47,091 with Keaton's favorite movie,� "The General." 410 00:33:50,743 --> 00:33:53,018 Keaton's chosen film 411 00:33:53,223 --> 00:33:54,702 RAYMOND ROHAUER Business partner� 412 00:33:54,903 --> 00:33:56,859 It had to be that one, because I felt, 413 00:33:57,503 --> 00:33:58,822 for many reasons,� 414 00:34:00,983 --> 00:34:03,417 that if the public accepted it 415 00:34:03,663 --> 00:34:06,973 It had to be because of that film, and he was right.� 416 00:34:09,303 --> 00:34:11,533 Buster loved mechanical things. 417 00:34:12,863 --> 00:34:16,332 He was part of the organization of the tour.� 418 00:34:16,662 --> 00:34:18,493 We bought this locomotive,� 419 00:34:18,702 --> 00:34:21,091 an old locomotive built in Vienna, 420 00:34:21,702 --> 00:34:27,379 and suddenly he had the idea to guide her himself 421 00:34:27,742 --> 00:34:29,733 and walk from city to city,� 422 00:34:29,982 --> 00:34:33,338 through the 23 cities� included in the tour.� 423 00:34:34,142 --> 00:34:36,417 The driver was terrified. 424 00:34:36,622 --> 00:34:39,090 Buster said, "Ready? Let's go!" 425 00:34:39,462 --> 00:34:42,022 They had tremendous fear. 426 00:34:42,382 --> 00:34:44,451 The worst was expected.� 427 00:34:50,701 --> 00:34:53,659 "The General" denies the old criticism. 428 00:34:54,141 --> 00:34:56,701 It quickly became in a classic. 429 00:34:57,781 --> 00:34:59,294 The first screening was in Munich.� 430 00:34:59,901 --> 00:35:03,132 You could hear the laughter even in the street.� 431 00:35:04,101 --> 00:35:05,090 Buster said:� 432 00:35:05,301 --> 00:35:06,529 "Why are you laughing?" 433 00:35:06,861 --> 00:35:08,579 And I said: "For your movie!" 434 00:35:11,221 --> 00:35:12,620 I couldn't believe it.� 435 00:35:13,221 --> 00:35:16,769 I didn't think that the public I could react that way.� 436 00:35:17,340 --> 00:35:20,696 So I suggested going to see her.� 437 00:35:20,900 --> 00:35:23,016 He said, "No, I don't want to go in." 438 00:35:23,220 --> 00:35:27,259 I never watch a movie with the public present". 439 00:35:29,380 --> 00:35:31,177 She said, "I never will." 440 00:35:31,380 --> 00:35:34,417 You can insist, but he won't." 441 00:35:35,020 --> 00:35:37,454 So I proposed to Eleanor to join. 442 00:35:38,060 --> 00:35:39,857 And Buster waited outside. 443 00:35:40,100 --> 00:35:41,818 We had seats in a box. 444 00:35:42,020 --> 00:35:45,773 We ran down the stairs to see what was causing so much furor.� 445 00:35:46,219 --> 00:35:49,131 It was "Cops." They projected it before "The General." 446 00:35:49,619 --> 00:35:52,338 I couldn't believe what I heard.� 447 00:35:53,179 --> 00:35:54,214 They were in �ecstasy.� 448 00:36:29,698 --> 00:36:31,256 We return to Buster.� 449 00:36:31,578 --> 00:36:35,491 Eleanor was enthusiastic: "Buster, you won't believe this, 450 00:36:35,898 --> 00:36:40,130 but everyone was laughing for you and your film." 451 00:36:41,658 --> 00:36:43,534 He didn't say anything, he just listened. 452 00:36:44,937 --> 00:36:46,529 We return to the hotel.� 453 00:36:46,937 --> 00:36:48,131 I told him: 454 00:36:49,057 --> 00:36:52,049 "I think I'll see your name on a big poster, 455 00:36:52,257 --> 00:36:54,293 like a star." 456 00:36:54,697 --> 00:36:56,369 He said, "I don't believe it." 457 00:37:00,777 --> 00:37:04,895 "The General" inspired a young director� Englishman who worked for Canada:� 458 00:37:05,097 --> 00:37:06,246 Gerald Potterton. 459 00:37:06,457 --> 00:37:08,732 He met with Keaton� in a hotel in New York.� 460 00:37:09,537 --> 00:37:11,448 I had to ride in a car,� 461 00:37:11,657 --> 00:37:13,214 GERALD POTTERTON Director� 462 00:37:13,416 --> 00:37:16,374 on the railway,� going from one track to another.� 463 00:37:16,896 --> 00:37:18,966 He replied: "It seems crazy." 464 00:37:19,856 --> 00:37:21,084 I do."� 465 00:37:21,696 --> 00:37:24,529 From the park came a lot of noise.� 466 00:37:25,096 --> 00:37:28,213 He got up, went to the window, 467 00:37:28,416 --> 00:37:30,372 He opened it and shouted: 468 00:37:30,736 --> 00:37:33,091 "Silence!" to all of Manhattan. 469 00:37:33,296 --> 00:37:36,891 He closed the window, sat down and said: "When do we start?" 470 00:37:50,135 --> 00:37:53,525 A filmed documentary during filming� 471 00:37:53,975 --> 00:37:56,887 captures the intensity with which Keaton was dedicated to work. 472 00:37:58,175 --> 00:38:02,885 He had just found out that because of the danger, the scene on the bridge, 473 00:38:03,295 --> 00:38:05,968 40 meters high,� with a map on his face,� 474 00:38:06,215 --> 00:38:07,933 had been replaced.� 475 00:38:08,655 --> 00:38:11,408 Instinctively, he speaks like a director.� 476 00:38:12,015 --> 00:38:15,689 The most difficult thing The thing is that the scene cannot be joined.� 477 00:38:18,174 --> 00:38:20,847 I hadn't thought of it this way.� 478 00:38:21,334 --> 00:38:23,086 If you come back,� 479 00:38:23,774 --> 00:38:27,653 there wouldn't be the slightest idea about what you are doing at that moment.� 480 00:38:28,094 --> 00:38:29,812 We cannot combine the scenes.� 481 00:38:31,134 --> 00:38:34,092 Two more shots are needed� to end the scene.� 482 00:38:34,294 --> 00:38:37,252 That one with the bridge with a plan long with them behind. 483 00:38:38,814 --> 00:38:42,010 The main thing of the gag It's that long shot. 484 00:38:42,213 --> 00:38:45,523 No, the bridge is not the final gag. The bridge is the suspense. 485 00:38:46,413 --> 00:38:48,131 We had done another 486 00:38:48,973 --> 00:38:50,292 Keaton was not stubborn.� 487 00:38:51,013 --> 00:38:53,322 But sometimes he was stubborn.� 488 00:38:54,373 --> 00:38:57,012 When it was planted no one could convince him.� 489 00:38:57,813 --> 00:38:59,212 It is very dangerous.� 490 00:38:59,573 --> 00:39:03,612 I told him: "I've done the number,� and I know what I'm talking about." 491 00:39:09,173 --> 00:39:12,323 It is not dangerous.� It's a kid thing, damn it.� 492 00:39:12,612 --> 00:39:13,806 Don't tell me.� 493 00:39:14,172 --> 00:39:15,400 I tell it to them.� 494 00:39:17,012 --> 00:39:20,163 In my dreams I do things much worse than those.� 495 00:39:22,252 --> 00:39:26,291 When you think of a gag or how to build it, 496 00:39:26,772 --> 00:39:29,411 It's about guessing 497 00:39:29,612 --> 00:39:34,561 "Is it better like this, or like this?" So you have to imagine everything 498 00:39:34,772 --> 00:39:38,367 and you have to try if the thing works. 499 00:39:38,972 --> 00:39:41,804 Sometimes� There is no need to guess.� 500 00:39:42,491 --> 00:39:43,526 Like this time. 501 00:39:45,651 --> 00:39:47,164 Keaton gets it. 502 00:40:12,330 --> 00:40:14,719 Its flexibility was incredible.� 503 00:40:15,210 --> 00:40:18,646 He approaches a locomotive� that is slowing down,� 504 00:40:18,970 --> 00:40:20,961 take a handle, 505 00:40:21,570 --> 00:40:24,846 and stops her. It looks like if he stopped her. 506 00:40:26,450 --> 00:40:30,363 Stopped a locomotive 150 tons.� 507 00:40:30,810 --> 00:40:35,838 These were the things that surprised To those who worked with him: 508 00:40:36,050 --> 00:40:39,599 his innate ability to invent gags naturally.� 509 00:40:40,330 --> 00:40:46,962 I am going to predict hundreds of these days,� Today is October 4, 1964.� 510 00:40:47,569 --> 00:40:50,129 The Queen sends her greetings.� 511 00:40:53,609 --> 00:40:56,999 I am not able make public speeches, 512 00:40:57,529 --> 00:41:01,078 but to show my good heart,� I challenge the men of the house.� 513 00:41:01,569 --> 00:41:02,524 I adored Keaton.� 514 00:41:02,809 --> 00:41:08,679 He embodied everything that a great comedian he must have been. 515 00:41:09,969 --> 00:41:14,439 On and off screen. It was something beautiful to see. 516 00:41:15,328 --> 00:41:18,240 He was considered a God and it really was. 517 00:41:20,888 --> 00:41:26,326 An experimental film by Beckett, directed by Schneider, was played by Keaton.� 518 00:41:27,048 --> 00:41:28,800 It was almost a silent film.� 519 00:41:29,888 --> 00:41:34,279 Buster was almost 70 years old. and his health was deteriorating.� 520 00:41:34,928 --> 00:41:38,557 I had to wear a heavy coat� in the middle of summer. 521 00:41:39,048 --> 00:41:42,119 The conditions in which he worked They were abominable.� 522 00:41:42,567 --> 00:41:47,766 Poor Buster. It was 40 degrees. and we were on the Brooklyn Bridge.� 523 00:41:48,127 --> 00:41:50,516 Buster kept running. 524 00:41:50,887 --> 00:41:53,640 On the ground there was a pile of broken bricks.� 525 00:41:59,287 --> 00:42:01,039 And he never complained. 526 00:42:01,847 --> 00:42:04,486 I'm not saying he was a saint.� It was 527 00:42:04,807 --> 00:42:08,686 I could withstand anything pain or difficulty.� 528 00:42:09,567 --> 00:42:12,603 The Beckett Movie participated in the Venice Film Festival,� 529 00:42:13,246 --> 00:42:14,725 and Keaton was invited.� 530 00:42:18,406 --> 00:42:23,241 Rohauer convinced him to do advertising campaigns.� 531 00:42:27,806 --> 00:42:30,001 His voice� revealed his state of health.� 532 00:42:30,286 --> 00:42:32,163 No, no idea.� 533 00:42:32,846 --> 00:42:34,802 I was born for the show. 534 00:42:39,206 --> 00:42:42,675 Eleanor knew that many interviews They were consuming it. 535 00:42:45,325 --> 00:42:47,714 And I knew of his aversion to the crowd.� 536 00:42:48,205 --> 00:42:50,082 He was very shy 537 00:42:50,845 --> 00:42:52,642 and he couldn't stand the crowds.� 538 00:42:53,125 --> 00:42:56,322 It made him panic when the crowd approached him.� 539 00:42:56,685 --> 00:43:01,998 I didn't know that the press He had so much interest in Keaton.� 540 00:43:02,525 --> 00:43:06,359 We found out that day.� 541 00:43:07,565 --> 00:43:10,237 Here we see Buster and Eleanor� greeting Rohauer in Venice.� 542 00:43:10,724 --> 00:43:14,399 The year before the festival,� They had dedicated a retrospective to him.� 543 00:43:14,964 --> 00:43:17,353 The Great Room was eagerly awaiting him. 544 00:43:18,804 --> 00:43:20,795 When we arrived at the auditorium,� 545 00:43:21,124 --> 00:43:23,115 I said, "We must get in here." 546 00:43:23,404 --> 00:43:26,999 "Why?" I answered: "To go to the hotel." 547 00:43:27,484 --> 00:43:32,717 "First we must greet to the director of the festival, it is here". 548 00:43:33,164 --> 00:43:35,917 "Come here." We open the door, 549 00:43:36,804 --> 00:43:39,715 and the whole room stood up.� 550 00:43:40,443 --> 00:43:44,072 They turned towards the door and they started applauding.� 551 00:43:45,003 --> 00:43:47,915 I had to push him,� I didn't want to go in. 552 00:43:48,363 --> 00:43:51,799 I pushed him into the auditorium.� There was no other option.� 553 00:43:52,403 --> 00:43:52,523 He went up on stage, 554 00:43:54,643 --> 00:43:55,871 JOHN GILLET Film historian 555 00:43:56,083 --> 00:43:57,721 He sat down at the table, 556 00:43:57,923 --> 00:44:00,357 and he looked at us intently, without smiling.� 557 00:44:01,083 --> 00:44:03,722 For some strange reason 558 00:44:03,923 --> 00:44:07,836 we all get up and we passed in front of the stage.� 559 00:44:08,843 --> 00:44:11,072 Someone said, "Dear Buster!" 560 00:44:11,442 --> 00:44:15,754 The photographers called him, close from the stage, like all Italian photographers.� 561 00:44:16,362 --> 00:44:19,035 He stood stiff on the stage.� 562 00:44:19,642 --> 00:44:24,477 The applause increased, the people shouted,� It was a moment of chaos,� 563 00:44:25,322 --> 00:44:28,394 and little by little he started to smile. 564 00:44:28,722 --> 00:44:31,555 He bowed and said: "I'm happy to see you." 565 00:44:32,042 --> 00:44:35,557 From that moment on� Things went better.� 566 00:44:39,801 --> 00:44:43,271 Back to the hotel� Buster started coughing.� 567 00:44:43,601 --> 00:44:45,751 And the cough got worse�.� 568 00:44:46,961 --> 00:44:49,429 We sat for a few minutes,� 569 00:44:50,201 --> 00:44:55,321 and he told me: "You choose those I talk to.� 570 00:44:56,041 --> 00:44:57,918 But let there not be many." 571 00:44:59,321 --> 00:45:04,998 The first one who came was James Blue, later John Gillet. 572 00:45:05,441 --> 00:45:08,831 After the interview we left, 573 00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:13,318 When Keaton went to the door which led to the bar.� 574 00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:19,790 I took out the handkerchief and started cleaning the glass door.� 575 00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:24,957 We greeted him and he looked stunned.� 576 00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:29,108 At that moment, I stuck my head out. where there should be glass,� 577 00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:32,637 and opened the door on the other side.� There was no glass.� 578 00:45:42,759 --> 00:45:45,796 In that same year he starred a film about ancient Rome,� 579 00:45:45,999 --> 00:45:47,955 "A Funny Thing Happened "On The Way To The Forum", 580 00:45:48,319 --> 00:45:50,116 directed by Richard Lester.� 581 00:45:50,479 --> 00:45:52,197 He was the first person 582 00:45:52,399 --> 00:45:54,071 RICHARD LESTER Director� 583 00:45:54,279 --> 00:45:57,669 that had me completely as a� 584 00:45:58,879 --> 00:46:00,835 �spectator, it was great. 585 00:46:01,599 --> 00:46:04,238 I didn't know that cinema 586 00:46:05,039 --> 00:46:08,429 could be so cool until I saw a Keaton movie. 587 00:46:08,838 --> 00:46:11,591 I was surprised by the things he did. 588 00:46:13,158 --> 00:46:17,993 When the opportunity arose to work with him, I didn't hesitate. 589 00:46:18,278 --> 00:46:20,348 Because for me he was the Master. 590 00:46:21,718 --> 00:46:24,949 A press conference� It tested his resistance.� 591 00:46:25,718 --> 00:46:28,391 The fact that he was dying� It was a blow.� 592 00:46:32,078 --> 00:46:34,911 But no one had noticed of his state. 593 00:46:35,198 --> 00:46:39,554 Actually, he didn't even know. I thought it was severe asthma. 594 00:46:40,117 --> 00:46:43,507 Dick Lester had authorized me. to say that I was his double, 595 00:46:45,157 --> 00:46:46,670 because he was sick.� 596 00:46:47,717 --> 00:46:49,036 He was dying.� 597 00:46:52,837 --> 00:46:56,955 I never said it.� If I said that to anyone 598 00:46:57,917 --> 00:47:01,910 of my colleagues,� They would have locked me up.� 599 00:47:04,037 --> 00:47:06,790 This is Mick Dillon,� that avoids the cars.� 600 00:47:07,877 --> 00:47:08,865 This is Keaton.� 601 00:47:10,156 --> 00:47:11,066 And now Dillon. 602 00:47:13,356 --> 00:47:15,312 But the last gag is by Keaton. 603 00:47:16,196 --> 00:47:18,471 The coolest climate in the world.� 604 00:47:22,676 --> 00:47:25,270 He hit his head 605 00:47:25,476 --> 00:47:27,467 and left everyone breathless. 606 00:47:27,676 --> 00:47:29,075 �Ah�!�Careful!� 607 00:47:29,796 --> 00:47:34,426 We thought he hadn't seen it, but He did it, he gave himself a beautiful blow. 608 00:47:37,156 --> 00:47:38,190 Wonderful.� 609 00:47:41,235 --> 00:47:45,433 His last appearance was in a film filmed in Canada�,� 610 00:47:46,395 --> 00:47:47,430 "The Scribe." 611 00:47:51,635 --> 00:47:54,752 It got very cold in Canada.� 612 00:47:55,395 --> 00:47:58,831 I thought it was a bad cold, I felt pain,� 613 00:47:59,035 --> 00:48:00,070 BILL COX Author and friend� 614 00:48:00,275 --> 00:48:01,503 chest pain 615 00:48:01,795 --> 00:48:05,470 But it was lung cancer and no longer operable.� 616 00:48:06,115 --> 00:48:10,346 We never told him.� I thought I had chronic bronchitis.� 617 00:48:11,194 --> 00:48:15,710 But apart of the terrible coughing spells,� 618 00:48:15,994 --> 00:48:18,064 that left him breathless,� 619 00:48:20,474 --> 00:48:25,264 I was...� He was getting weaker.� 620 00:48:29,874 --> 00:48:32,434 The day before he died We play bridge.� 621 00:48:40,193 --> 00:48:41,387 Hearts.� 622 00:48:41,753 --> 00:48:44,551 Ready for burial,� 623 00:48:45,993 --> 00:48:49,588 He had a rosary in one hand. and a deck of cards in the other,� 624 00:48:49,793 --> 00:48:52,671 was prepared� for both destinations.� 625 00:49:07,832 --> 00:49:10,790 I often think that if I could reach... 626 00:49:11,552 --> 00:49:13,747 the gates of heaven and look inside,� 627 00:49:14,752 --> 00:49:18,950 I would find my grandmother for sure. But I must correct myself.� 628 00:49:20,192 --> 00:49:22,023 There should be two people: 629 00:49:22,232 --> 00:49:25,668 one would be my grandmother,� the other would be Buster Keaton.� 630 00:49:27,232 --> 00:49:30,747 One of the best men who passed through this world. 631 00:50:17,510 --> 00:50:19,944 Well, it was a good life.� 632 00:50:21,550 --> 00:50:22,903 Of course it was.�