The 70 year old Buster Keaton made his final movie appearance in “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” (1966), and improvised one last pratfall which apparently caught everyone completely by surprise. Keaton died on February 1, 1966.
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A whirlwind romance between Buster Keaton and Sybil Seely in “The Scarecrow” (1920).
In the fall of 2012 the Yale University Art Gallery hosted the film series Out of This Same Light – Six Films Considered by Robert Adams in conjunction with the retrospective Robert Adams: The Place We Live.
The accompanying program included text about each film written by Adams himself, and a few dozen titles for further viewing. I’ve been unable to find any notes online about the series or the program and thought I’d share Adams’s list here.
What follows are forty-one movies hand picked by Robert Adams, “Some favorite movies, some as tough as they come, a few mostly for laughs… all to help us better endure or enjoy life…”
Our Hospitality
Buster Keaton and Jack Blystone
1923, United StatesGo West
Buster Keaton
1925, United StatesThe General
Buster Keaton
1926, United StatesYou’re Telling Me!
Erle C. Kenton
1934, United StatesA Night at the Opera
Sam Wood
1935, United StatesThe Grapes of Wrath
John Ford
1940, United StatesThe Shop Around the Corner
Ernst Lubitsch
1940, United StatesRoma, città aperta (Rome, Open City)
Roberto Rossellini
1945, ItalyMy Darling Clementine
John Ford
1946, United StatesHamlet
Laurence Olivier
1948, United KingdomBanshun (Late Spring)
Yasujiro Ozu
1949, JapanBakushu (Early Summer)
Yasujiro Ozu
1951, JapanTokyo Story
Yasujiro Ozu
1953, JapanOrdet (The Word)
Carl Dreyer
1955, DenmarkPather Panchali (Song of the Little Road)
Satyajit Ray
1955, IndiaRichard III
Laurence Olivier
1955, United KingdomPaths of Glory
Stanley Kubrick
1957, United StatesWild Strawberries
Ingmar Bergman
1957, SwedenA bout de souffle (Breathless)
Jean-Luc Godard
1960, FranceWinter Light
Ingmar Bergman
1962, SwedenMa nuit chez Maud (My Night at Maud’s)
Eric Rohmer
1969, FranceFive Easy Pieces
Bob Rafelson
1970, United StatesA New Leaf
Elaine May
1971, United StatesAnnie Hall
Woody Allen
1977, United StatesThe In-Laws
Arthur Hiller
1979, United StatesManhattan
Woody Allen
1979, United StatesGregory’s Girl
Bill Forsyth
1981, United StatesLa notte di San Lorenzo (The Night of the Shooting Stars)
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
1982, ItalyLocal Hero
Bill Forsyth
1983, United StatesBroadway Danny Rose
Woody Allen
1984, United StatesComfort and Joy
Bill Forsyth
1984, United StatesThe Trip to Bountiful
Peter Masterson
1985, United StatesLe rayon vert
Eric Rohmer
1986, FranceMoonstruck
Norman Jewison
1987, United StatesConte de printemps (A Tale of Springtime)
Eric Rohmer
1990, FranceEl sol del membrillo (Dream of LIght [Quince Tree of the Sun])
Victor Erice
1992, SpainMy Cousin Vinny
Jonathan Lynn
1992, United StatesFargo
Joel Coen
1996, United StatesConte d’automne (Autumn Tale)
Eric Rohmer
1998, FranceMeek’s Cutoff
Kelly Reichardt
2010, United States
“James, please try and avoid the open sewers!”
Cliff and Buster bumbling about The Sidewalks of New York (1931)
Migratory Cocoanuts 