Dana Stevens and Imogen Sara Smith on the Legacy of Buster Keaton

February 3, 2022

Dana Stevens and Imogen Sara Smith on the Legacy of Buster Keaton

Dana Stevens. Photography by Arin Sang-urai

This week on the Film at Lincoln Center podcast, we’re featuring a talk from Camera Man: Dana Stevens on Buster Keaton, a recent FLC event celebrating the new book from author and Slate film critic Dana Stevens, moderated by writer Imogen Sara Smith and FLC Programming Assistant Maddie Whittle.

The conversation ranged from the two authors’ love of Buster Keaton, the evolution of the filmmaker’s filmography, the perception of masculinity in Charles Reisner’s Steamboat Bill, Jr., and the legacy of Keaton in Hollywood and beyond.

Dana Stevens’s new book Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century and Imogen Sara Smith’s Buster Keaton: The Persistence of Comedy are both available for purchase.

Watch/listen to the discussion on the film below and don’t forget to subscribe on iTunesSpotify, or Stitcher for more filmmaker conversations.

Dana Stevens and Imogen Sara Smith on the Legacy of Buster Keaton
Dana Stevens and Imogen Sara Smith on the Legacy of Buster Keaton
Dana Stevens and Imogen Sara Smith on the Legacy of Buster Keaton
Dana Stevens and Imogen Sara Smith on the Legacy of Buster Keaton
Dana Stevens and Imogen Sara Smith on the Legacy of Buster Keaton
Dana Stevens and Imogen Sara Smith on the Legacy of Buster Keaton
Dana Stevens and Imogen Sara Smith on the Legacy of Buster Keaton
Dana Stevens and Imogen Sara Smith on the Legacy of Buster Keaton
Dana Stevens and Imogen Sara Smith on the Legacy of Buster Keaton
Dana Stevens and Imogen Sara Smith on the Legacy of Buster Keaton

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