In the pantheon of cinema’s pioneers, Buster Keaton occupies a place both singular and paradoxical. He was called “The Great Stone Face,” a comic genius who rarely smiled on screen. His films, made in the silent era of the 1920s, were symphonies of precision: breathtaking stunts, elaborate set pieces, narratives that balanced absurdity with inevitability.Continue reading “Buster Keaton: The Silent Stone Face”
