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Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

21 films on Best Blurays2 in 4K15 in HD4 in SD

Also a director: 9 films

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Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname The Great Stone Face. He was recognized as the seventh-greatest director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Keaton the 21st-greatest male star of all time.

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Leading role · Directors: Charles Reisner & Buster Keaton

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MoC/Cohen Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

MoC 4K Blu-ray late 2027

Video Notes:

MoC/Cohen Blu-ray > Kino Lorber

Leading role · Directors: John G. Blystone & Buster Keaton

Best English-Friendly:

2019 Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

2019 Kino Lorber

Video Notes:

2019 Kino Lorber > MoC/Cohen > 2011 Kino Lorber

Leading role · Directors: Buster Keaton & Edward F. Cline

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MoC or Kino Lorber Buster Keaton: The Complete Short Films 1917-1923 boxset Blu-ray

Video Notes:

No comparison available

Leading role · Directors: Edward F. Cline & Buster Keaton

Best English-Friendly:

MoC Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 Blu-ray boxset

Best Video:

MoC or Kino Lorber Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 Blu-ray boxset

Video Notes:

(a newer restoration by Lobster Films compared to the older 1920-1923 boxset)

No comparison between MoC and Kino Lorber available

Additional Info:

MoC boxset has more extras and commentary tracks, while also providing a 184-page book, a substantially better extras package compared to Kino Lorber

Leading role · Director: Buster Keaton

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MoC/Cohen Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Eureka/Cohen newer restoration than Kino Lorber

Leading role · Director: Edward Sedgwick

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB DVD

Leading role · Director: Edward Sedgwick

Best English-Friendly & Video:

AlphaVideo DVD

Leading role · Directors: Buster Keaton & Donald Crisp

Best English-Friendly & Video:

France Lobster Films Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

France Lobster Films Blu-ray though a very weak encoding caps, is a newer master (4K scan of MoMA first gen nitrate print) than Cohen/MoC, which are themselves a newer master than Kino Lorber.

Lobster Films > Cohen/MoC > Kino Lorber

Leading role · Directors: Clyde Bruckman & Buster Keaton

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Eureka MoC 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Probably. No comparison with French Factoris Films 4K Blu-ray, but former has Dolby Vision and higher bitrate.

Additional Info:

For standard Blu-ray, the MoC/Cohen are a 4k transfer https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=112722&page=5

Leading role · Director: Buster Keaton

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber new Seven Chances / Sherlock Jr. Blu-ray?

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

MoC 4K Blu-ray late 2027

Video Notes:

Lobster Films (Kino Lorber?) > Cohen/Eureka https://slow.pics/c/3KWXoMyR The new Kino Lorber's Seven Chances / Sherlock Jr. might be using the same restoration as Lobster Films

Leading role · Directors: Edward Sedgwick & Buster Keaton

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray, 4k transfer

Supporting role · Director: Jean-Luc Godard

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber or MUBI Blu-ray

Best Video:

No comparisons

Supporting role · Director: Charlie Chaplin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical: Image Entertainment LaserDisc International: Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

2000 Image Entertainment DVD

Supporting role · Director: Robert Z. Leonard

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Michael Anderson

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming

Small role · Director: Billy Wilder

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray or Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray. See caps
HDR/grading: nice, but some blown out
Encoding: inconsistent, smeared motion
DNR: inconsistent, frozen
Old Paramount Blu-ray is arguably a solid alternative choice

Best Audio:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray mono

Audio Notes:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray mono is different version of the Blu-ray mono from the same old 2000 DVD transfer.

Additional Info:

The 5.1 remix on the 4K Blu-ray is an appalling remix done by going wild with artificially generated stems from Park Road Post who were given the surviving mono to separate. The experience is jarring and fidelity to original mix in terms of level balance, directionality and impact is nonexistent. Not only does this sound painfully weird, but the Paramount mixers then did whatever they wanted in terms of LFE, sound pans and effect changes.
The original mono mix was not restored and still needs it badly. The 4K master is filled with frozen grain examples coming and going plus some HDR issues in addition to the usual Paramount problems. It is simultaneously better and worse than the Blu-ray master.

Small role · Director: Charles Reisner

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Small role · Directors: Cedric Hardwicke & Herbert Wilcox & Robert Stevenson & Edmund Goulding & Victor Saville & Frank Lloyd & René Clair

Best English-Friendly & Video:

DVD

Video Notes:

Also available on Amazon in SD Streaming with Cohen

Small role · Directors: Bud Friedgen & Michael J. Sheridan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Jack Haley Jr.

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

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