Film
Slapstick 2019: Celebrating Steamboat Bill Jr
- Director
- Buster Keaton
- Certificate
- U
- Running Time
- 60 mins
It’s the stunt-packed Buster Keaton classic that includes the legendary scene where a house falls down around old Stone Face.
In this Slapstick Festival event, Peter Krämer, author of the BFI Film Classics volume on Keaton’s The General, uses illustrative clips from Steamboat Bill Jr to explore the film’s style and themes, and its place in Keaton’s career.
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