Best of Buster Keaton's greatest stunts 🤸
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- čas přidán 18. 08. 2021
- Buster Keaton ❤️ in Neighbors, The General, Cops, Seven Chances, Three Ages, Hard Luck, The Bell Boy, Steamboat Bill, One Week, Day Dreams, Sherlock Jr., Our Hospitality, Jr.
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Just the gag ideas by themselves are genius. The fact that he actually did any one of these without getting killed is mind-boggling.
Do you really think because you are shown black and white footage means they didn't have green screen.
3:50
His shoes look long and clownish?? Magnetic shoes .
Have you guys ever seen this Indian actor called Akshay Kumar??
Let's not forget he was also usually quite drunk...
He looks pretty lit in some of those films.@@tam1876_
This has got to be the strongest argument that stunts need an oscar category
Jackie Chan has been saying this for ages!
Could have great stunts in very bad movies most of time. It's like comparing Tom Cruise to Buster Keaton!!!!!!
You won’t see any of this nowadays with computers. Madman.
They could call it a Buster
Keaton was a movie genius with the brain of a first-class mathematician and engineer plus balls of solid titanium. His stunts are still amazing!
Absolutely.Jackie Chan has said in interviews that Buster Keaton was a huge inspiration.
Oh yeah - and Jackie referenced Keaton's "Steamboat Bill Jr" house-fall gag in Project A Pt II
Keaton earned his place in cinema history the hard way. It's great that people still appreciate the art he produced.
@@Repent-and-believe-in-JesusJesus blows
@@Repent-and-believe-in-Jesus no
since his work is centred on the stunts, i think its impact on the viewers will be timeless. no need for much character speech, body language gets the message across!
With those stunts, it’s amazing that he lived so long.
As well as Jacky Chan
Exactly what i've thought. I even looked up when he died. He made it till 71 which is amazing based on these stuns. The guy was insane
That's only one side of the story. The stunt with the water tower wounded him for life and caused a lot of psychological pain as well.
@@orchidahussuhadihcro9862can you elaborate on what happened?
@@unknowuser9821 Some things sometimes are better left unsaid, but since you ask.
It broke some small bones inside his neck. It remained undiagnosed for a very long time, and caused him chronic pain. Eventually, related closely or not so closely to this incident, his adult life was marked by a downward spiral into alcohol and a messy private life. His shine was during his youth.
No safety nets, no stunt doubles, just creative spirit and massive balls
what’s with this “massive balls “ shit
hungrycrab3297 And none of that cgi crap either.
I'm still in awe of the house scene; Keaton was like a human cartoon. The man was fearless and possessed big balls. It's miraculous that he lived to be an old man.
most of the gags used in later films and animation were invented by silent era talent including Buster.
The water tower scene with the train was from the Sherlock Jr movie. Buster actually broke his neck when the tremendous amount of water hit him. He didn't even realize his neck was broken until a few years later. The 2nd house facade falling on him was from Steamboat Bill, Jr. It required amazing precision. Even being inches out of position meant the 2 ton facade would have hit him. The scene became his most memorable scene.
Surprisingly that didn't hinder him at all.
That's explained why it took him for a while to stand up after the water tower falls
I wonder if 1:09 contributed to him breaking his neck aswell.
didnt he break his arm with the facade stunts because he was a few inches out of alignment?
Thank you for telling about the broken neck. I was going to, now I don't have too. LOL
You can clearly see he's an extremely skilled gymnast - AND a bit of a madman to do these things.
He was not only a genius, but his athleticism was unbelievable... countless scenes where he risks his life and yet retains that stoic expression. There will never be another like him. May God bless this man.
Agreed. "stoic."
Jackie
Seeing this guy do those stunts puts the stunts Tom Cruise does into perspective. I’m not dissing TC - not at all! But back then, I doubt he had months to prepare with a team of everyone to back him up should anything go wrong. Buster Keaton is friggin amazing. Wow. Just. Wow.
Only one who comes close to Buster Keaton is Jackie Chan.
Tom Cruise lol ?,what a joke ....Only worth mentioning actor today is Jacky Chan,and no other.
@@TheSRBgamer63? Tom cruise is one of most active guy in doing his own stunt. U don't have to diss other just to praise other both can be good . Also cruise stunts are different to Jackie's more dance/kung fu one's
Most of cruise stunts are cgi
Keaton was amazing, truly mind blowing, even some of his wire work stunts are incredible. It’s easy to see where Jackie got a lot of his inspiration from. There are a few stunt actors that were from the Hong Kong umbrella that are notable, Sammo Hung, Biu Yuen, Michelle Yeoh.
@@80sguy27
Nothing can compare against Buster Keaton in this modern day and age. His gags are just genuine.
Nothing except, perhaps, Jackie Chan 🙂
@@nalim81Nah... Maybe close but not the same level as Keaton.
Have you guys ever seen this Indian actor called Akshay Kumar??
@@amritakaushik2168 You are Indian , I am sure you have seen what Akshay has done in his movies
@@manveryadav-ph9zg 😂😂😂lol kuch bhi 🤣🤣hatt subah subah faltu comedy mat kar.
101 years old, still more enjoyable than recent productions.
By orders of magnitude.
Гениальные трюки от гениального мастера трюков. Даже на сегодняшний день эти трюки просто супер. Нет никакой комп.графики и зелёного фона.😮😮
Hard to imagine how many injuries that poor guy suffered during his hey day! Old age must have been very painful but he trooped on until the very end. What a Man.
No special effect. No CG. Just amazing...
The man was a genius. And he came along at just the right time. No studio these days would allow an actor to endanger himself this way (or herself, for that matter). Plus, he had a beautiful face. I've always had a bit of a crush on him.
Tom Cruise?
Almost look unreal...Buster is truly the best silent comic actor. He had such a sad life though. Suffered so much and he gave his whole soul to his art.
For me it's the railroad tie one that just puts me in awe every time. To throw that thing from a sitting position so accurately is just amazing
Those things aren’t light either!
Apparently many crew members walked off the set during the building falling stunt. They had run some test falls prior to the stunt and saw that their calculations were pretty unreliable about where Buster should stand and they thought he was definitely going to get killed. Buster did it anyway!
They are frigging heavy. It has to be a prop.
I was doing some landscaping recently, and we were using wooden sleepers.
I can attest to their weight!
They were approx' 60kg.
Definetely a hollow prop. It would be about 50Kg at that size, considering an average 400-600kg/m3 wood density.
They could be balsa, or even hollow balsa.
Best. Stuntman. Ever, just incredible
He was a real life Wile E. Coyote.
Buster Keaton was a PIONEER, in truest sense of the word!!!! Literally put his life on the line for the *Art*
Buster Keaton were insane, genius, fantastic... This whole concept of making the whole movie running in 2D is cool even for today... This guy was one of a kind
Tom Cruise: I do my own stunts
Buster Keaton: Hold my beer
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan!!!
@@OF.91 Jackie Chan is the only other star in the same league as Keaton.
Jackie Chan was inspired by buster Keaton. Jackie Chan is the greatest action star that ever lived. Anybody who doesn't believe me watch all his late 70s all of his 80s an early 90s up to drunken Master 2.@@victorlewis3251
Keaton goes beyond comedy into the realms of conceptual art.
Hear! Hear! I never thought of what he created in that way, but you're correct.😉
Fantastic! CGI can never replicate this.
Let's face it - he was the most important movie person ever, and the coolest actor of them all.
"important"
I wouldnt say THE most importent one.
But definitely way up there as one of the most importent.
@@ethribin4188 Just came across your comment after watching Buster Keaton. Just out of curiosity, who would you say are the top three most important actors of all time? Mine would be Laurence Olivier, William Shakespeare and Clint Eastwood. Additional ones would be Tom Hanks, John Wayne, Michael Kaine, Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, Angela Lansbury Daniel-Day Lewis and Steven Seagal. Haha, no, all are serious except the last one, lol.
12/15/2023, 5:24am
seems like a poorly formed question since everyone will have different criteria for what constitutes "important" and have different subjective answers as a result
I don't know why people argue about these things when there's clearly no objective answer
@@aduantasWell, there's importance in history and Buster clearly belongs in that.
That´s some insane stuntman from the past.
You gotta respect this.
He was as a bit of a Magician…
While recognized throughout the world as a comic icon/genius, I still think he's Super under-rated. Possibly the greatest. Just saw a clip from the 1952 movie Limelight with Charlie. I'd forgotten how good he was & a few years ago I went to a small private theatre where they showed "7 Chances" w/live piano--It was a cinema experience that I'd never had before. The stunts were so incredible but also Masterly interwoven in the visual rendering that it had become a high form of abstract art. I've also seen & or heard interviews with him in the 1950's-This dude had a thorough understanding both of film making and what would please an audience. Thank you, Buster.
Thanx so much for sharing!
Buster Keaton.
What a man.
He could do it all.
And did!
No CGI. No camera tricks.
What you saw was all Buster.
Wrote. Directed. Produced. Acted. Comedy. Drama. Composed, played, and sang. Conceived and executed stunts. Designed and built machines and props for gags.
The famous watertower torrent broke his neck! (Sherlock Jr. --- Buster didn't account for such water pressure And he didn't know he'd broken his neck 'til years later at a routine exam when his doctor told him so.)
And, oh, that well-known falling housefront bit! (Steamboat Bill Jr. --- He only had about a 2" clearance in that window.)
Quite impressive!
The Great Stone Face.
(Buster found out during his time in vaudeville with his parents, that if he laughed during a bit, the audience didn't, so he trained himself to keep a straight face all the time.)
The Greatest of All Time!
A really great guy.
The true Iron Man: broke most every bone in his body, and kept going.
And . . . He had pinpoint accuracy with a custard pie at 27 feet, even in his later years!
RIP, darling Buster, and thanx so very much for the magic, music, and memories.
(Yes. I absolutely adore Buster Keaton. For 70+ years now.)
The first scene was a mistake. Buster was supposed to catch the building and he missed. It was such a great scene he incorporated it into the film. How he was able to catch that car without ripping off his arm is incredible. Dick Van Dyke asked him if there was any trick photography and Keaton said no. Amazing!!
He had to have had a harness under his clothes with a hook on his arm that caught the car. Getting yanked like that with no support would break arms and rip shoulders apart.
@@TehButterflyEffect Pretty sure the severity of the yank is much exaggerated by deliberately throwing his body horizontally. The car isn't actually going that fast. The flying in the air from the back of the tram is even better. I think I spied a wire. Still brilliant, though.
Name the scene o movie please 😩
Dude was nuts, but he was also the best at what he did. And still is.
Unbelievably talented!
There has never been another like Buster Keaton
Actually they say Jackie Chan is the modern day equivalent, I can’t argue
No CGI. All Buster, all the time.
"The General" was my first Buster Keaton movie (about a year ago now) and I've never had such a visceral reaction to a movie as that. I've never been the sort of person to cover my eyes during a movie but there were multiple times I was almost afraid to watch, which sounds silly for such a fun, goofy film. He was one of the greats, and no one can deny that.
まさに体を張った演技に脱帽。黎明期を語る上で無くてはならない存在であり、命懸けで観客を楽しませた生粋のエンターテイナー。
Here some notes about Buster's live:
He started working with his parents at the vaudeville, he was famous because of his falls, also with that kind of show much people thaught that his father was abusing him, u can imagine, what he does in his films but with 5 years!!
Then he falled in love with cinema, working for Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle, who did short movies very similar to the ones made by Keaton, with plenty visual humor and phisycal hits, but I think they were more "simplistic", because in my opinion Buster always tried adding some lecture into his films.
So, Buster met this "Fatty Arbuckle" at the vaudeville and the man saw something in the young Keaton, lastly that's it, in his movies u can feel that "circus" kind of stunts, as u say this man is a true legend, and u know, the rest is history
Something I also love about the man is that u can see how he loved experimenting
"Look this is a giant wind machine"
Let's make a movie about a freaking heavy wind
"Look, this is a rotating platform"
Let's make a movie in which everything starts roating inside my new house
"Look the police is selling all his old vestuary"
Let's make a movie about 100 cops after Keaton😂😂
(Sorry for my english I'm from Spain, comment me for any correction, so much love for everyone
Surprised he lived as long as he did doing stunts like this. Amazing actor and stunt person.
What a guy!! a true legend and a real cinematic hero! . No computer wizardry... just balls of steel and well thought out stunts (and i'm guessing some luck too..)
The train water tank is how buster broke his neck, he was a little delicate for a few days but went back to work not knowing it was broken 😳
One of the The foregone greats of United States of America!
All stunts are just impeccable and clean just flawless really hats off to Bustor Keaton 🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻
No CGI here just pure guts and genius
There is true CGI....Comedy Genius Instinct.
Amazing stunts without green screens, video editing and modern body armour.
A true artist in of his craft, i remember watching as a child and being unaware of the skill required just to make me laugh, and did he make me laugh, thank you ❤.
What a legend. A true artist.
These are amazing. The fact that they managed to use so many innovative tricks with the most bare bone technology is a feat to behold. That combined with a slight disregard for personal safety brings us these gems
Still impressing us and making us laugh from a hundred years ago..
What makes great stunts outstanding?
Well, making them sound like they just happened by chance.
This man aced all narrow chances of survival probability to his favour. Respect.
the magnificent skills needed to make such perfect stunts become an art. soon to be forgotten forever
Buster Keaton was the first comedian-stuntactor-illusionist. Many learnt from him and adopted his genre, such as Jackie Chan. No doubt Buster's stunts were highly dangerous and I'm sure many practices and takes were done to prevent tragedy.
Mr. Chan has said that Buster was his number one inspiration regarding his own stunts. Both men are remarkble.
Actually...not that much. Planning yes.
Buster Keaton was a courageous pioneer in this field. Legend.
There will never be another Keaton. What a talent!
Absolutely extraordinary!
This guy was beyond inspiring I love the fearlessness in his acts
This is better than and more awe- inspiring than today's special effects!
Wonderful! Including the perfect musical accompaniment! Thanks Rafael!
Keaton was one sturdy fella. Years later and people remain amazed.
Pure genius.
Accurate selection of music for the well-composed excerpts. Very professional. Thanks!
What's the name / style of the song (1890s-1930s music) ?
I was laughing so hard I almost peed on my self. He was fantastic.
God, I could watch his brilliant work all day. What a genius.
And to think that this is actually HIM doing all these crazy stunts
That was excellent...thank you for putting that together. Buster Keaton is one of my favorite actors.
I was waiting for the inevitable "Buster Keaton is underrated" line, but thankfully it hasn't come. 😄 The man was pure genius, and unbound by modern OH&S standards. Like those for generations before me, I could sit here all day and gleefully watch his work.
Absolutely brilliant, and those scene transitions 100 years before they were being done on TikTok 😮
The dark lord of practical comedy. Building his evil empire with his mastery of slapstick humor.
Definitely one of the best on the silent screen.
amazing stunts and special FX and this was at the birth of film making, these old movies hold up better than the junk that's released these days!
Absolute balls of steel!
One of the greatest films ever is The General. Keaton at his best
I just watched it because of your comment. Thanks!
They did not have any CGI or fake stunts back then. You either pulled it off or it was a Closed Casket situation. Brilliant Man. My Respects, RH
The waterfall scene, he broke his back. The train water thing he broke his neck. Didn't know he did the falling wall trick twice.
How in the world did he do half these stunts and not die?! Amazing!
The CGI back in them days was amazing!!!
Keaton was great but we should not forget Harold Lloyd. He was the other great comedian/stunt man in Hollywood at the time.
Yes. Lloyd gets overlooked quite a lot.
@@lefkytheshinUnless it's Safety Last, his most well known film.
Him and Harold Lloyd were crazy fearless!!!
I just wanted to comment here. Rare video amongst billions. ❤
Ein ganz großer und talentierter Mann. Ich habe ihn als Kind schon sehr gerne gesehen und bekam jedes mal bald einen Herzinfarkt bei seinen halsbrecherischen Stunts. Heute ist es genau noch so. 👍
The man was a genius.
He really was amazing!
He makes todays professional stuntmen look like amateurs
Buster Keaton. Harold Lloyd. And Jackie Chan.
The trinity of stunt virtuoso's.
Just pure comic genius, skill and guts. They don't make films - or actors - like this anymore.
Good cinema, has good planning, no cinema ever got good without it.
The house falling on him remains one of the greatest scenes in cinema history. Just inspired.
Buster was AMAZING 🌹🌹
The man was fearless, very dedicated, and an amazing performer.💎✔
Absolute legend. The Dar Robinson of his day! No, the man that every stuntman since wishes he could be!
Now there’s a man I watched a documentary about, Dar Robinson back in the 80’s as my parents told me to watch it at the time as they know I love stunts back then. Watching Lethal Weapon some time after, he performed a stunt and my dad said, “Dar Robinson.”
As for this guy, Buster after seeing more of his crazy stunts I never seen before, no wonder Jackie Chan was inspired by him.
I suspect it was the same program I watched too. I was blown away and instantly became a fan. And I'm a huge Jackie Chan fan as well. He's used more than a couple of Keaton's ideas for stunts. @@rickym2881
No camera tricks. This is all discussed in a film about Buster Keaton life. His was just amazing and Charlie Chaplin really learned to walk a tightrope too. They just had a camera that captured amazing moments on film. Plus they were the greatest of all time. They were pure professionals!!! 🖤🖤🖤
I saw two camera tricks.
The editing on the camera tricks was outstanding, especially given the state of film technology at the time. Who needs CGI?
No. There were some, but they really didn’t contribute as much as his acting and skill did.
Please tell us the Doc name! I'd like to discover how much of those he really did, and how he did them! I'm amazed by his stunts!
There were quite a few camera tricks. They didn’t make what he was doing any safer.
The trolley scene - he was really being pulled by the trolley, but there was someone or something pulling his legs up higher off the ground.
And when he was walking the plank off the building, there was definitely a fastener on that board.
The difference was that the camera tricks of this time added to the insanity, rather than make it safer for the actor
I don't have words for how wild these stunts.
Legends never die. Imagine back then without graphic effects, CGI, and animated programs to aid the mortal flesh and blood of stunt men and women? They were the time preserving legends. Respect dear great grandies.. 🤓
The legend himself at work!
Now I finally understand, what my grandparents meant when they said: „Our generation was tougher.“ They were a bunch of Ironmen.
1:41 this was smooth man
Thank you so much for sharing this group of wonderful stunts. What a master he was, and how great that so many of us can still appreciate his stone-pan precision.
2:09 a classic.
2:25 I stand corrected.
2:24 What about this?
LA used to have a silent theatre and I saw 7 Chances there. The laughs just kept building until my sides literally hurt and I lost my voice. And with a silent film, you can keep laughing and laughing and it doesn't interfere with the "dialog." Fabulous experience.