[SEVEN CHANCES screens Saturday January 14th at 5:15 pm at the Cleveland Cinematheque.]
Review by Bob Ignizio
Buster Keaton is generally considered one of the best, perhaps even the best, film comedian of the silent era. Where the other contender to that title, Charlie Chaplin, tended to be more intellectual and prone to lighthearted whimsy, Keaton specialized in carefully orchestrated physical comedy, and his gags are just as likely to make your jaw drop as laugh. To put him in some kind of modern context, he's Jackie Chan without the kung fu. In fact Chan has often said that Keaton was his biggest inspiration.
