The Navigator: Ultimate Edition

When one considers how repetitive and uninspired most artistic productions, indeed, most of life, are, Buster Keaton remains an uniquely satisfying talent nearly a century past his heyday, even when you have seen many things somewhat similar to his films, or have a pretty good idea of what is coming.I did not enjoy The Navigator as much as I did College, the other other Keaton movie I have seen to date. This may be due to a general personal terror of boats and water, which make the comic possibilities of drowning or being adrift at sea strike me more darkly than perhaps they do other people. The film starts off with two very good jokes, and I was anticipating that it was going to be perhaps in a special category of greatness even among the acknowledged great. And it is good, but the various gags on the ship, while often ingenious, don't always strike me as being as funny as other situations do.I have to admit I am at this point more of a Chaplin than a Keaton fan--these two camps seem to form one of those strange divisions of life across sections of which there is little commonality or fraternization. Chaplin to me is the fuller human, and brings more of what it is really like to be a person into his movies. Keaton may better represent some more particular strain of modernity though.Regarding the two shorts on the tape, The Boat is about a family whose boat springs a leak in the middle of the night during a tempest and is actually kind of scary, though it does star the lovely Sybil Seely. The Love Nest is set on board a cargo ship ruled by a tyrannical captain; there is some good humor in it.

…roles, the other being "The General", according to this movie's featurette. I think the featurette said Navigator didn't do as well in the theaters.Navigator is scratchier than some "restorations", especially for the title and dialog cards(?), but most of the movie looks pretty good. The makeup silent film actors used to wear on their faces is more noticeable here than in some movies.Dangerous stunts including a segment shot underwater, some funny bits and a lot of detail but I think that "The General" might be the one to buy if you can afford just one of the two.Not very much here to be "Ultimate", great detail and lots of action…the featurette has some behind the scenes pictures, the "gallery" doesn't.I read in the trivia section IMDB has on 2001: a Space Odyssey that the walking, rotating, stewardess (on the spacecraft) scene was an effect created by Buster Keaton for this movie…it's towards the last don't risk leaving the room, you might miss it (not very significant looking here).Worth owning if you can afford it.

Amazing how much story and gags can be packed into a hour and yet it never seems rushed. Nice to see the original tints restored and Robert Israel's score is a lot of fun. One quibble: no one thought to try and actually integrate the recording of "Asleep in the Deep" into the score? Seems that in the digital age that could have been done and quite effectively.

Keaton plays a hapless rich toff who finds himself on an almost-deserted ocean liner, almost deserted because the girl he loves who has just said no to his marriage proposal is also, coincidentally marooned on board. (If you can be marooned on a boat.) Fantastic Keaton moments, as ever. A film to be watched and watched again, and then given to your kids, grandkids and everybody. The two bonus films that I hadn't seen before are also boat themed and also brilliant. Buy with confidence, and enjoy for a lifetime.

For a silent film that is 90 years old I never expected it to be so laugh-out-loud funny. Keaton's timing is perfect, and we didn't need to hear him speak in order for him to communicate well to the audience.

We enjoyed this silent black and white comedy. Keaton was up to all sorts of breath taking stunts and predicaments. It was very astonishing that the film makers came down firmly in favor of the Confederacy over the Union.

Buster Keaton is a great introduction to silent films. I purchased this video when I was hosting a dinner party and had to entertain both children and adults after dinner. Keaton appeals to children because of his crazy stunts and to adults because this is just a good movie.

Excellent Blu-ray disc of classic comedy. I remember this film on TV when I was a child. Quality of the print is excellent. Would buy from this company that had produced this disc again.

Everything fine!

This is an immensely affecting album, disturbing yet compelling. I am drawn to it, rather like a drug which I know is bad for me, but which I still feel inclined to sample.It conveys a deep depression in an articulate and candid way. It is also atmospheric, and it superbly suits it's title. The complete sound of it, the song titles and the lyrics all contribute to an overwhelming sense of claustrophobia which is stifling and gruelling - but powerful.Trent Reznor's M.O. is fairly clear from the off: 'Mr. Self Destruct' features the horrifying sound effect of someone shooting at themself, groaning in pain, immediately unnerving the listener. 'Piggy' is tinged with despair and bleakness, and 'Heresy' confronts Christianity in a shocking, fearless manner.'The Downward Spiral' of the title is evident from beginning to end, like a journey into the depths of hell, and all it's horrors.'March Of The Pigs' contains more horrifying lyrics, and the listener by this point must surely find it undeniable that Trent Reznor has suffered a deep depression in his life to write such brutal lyrics.'Closer' is a multi-faceted song which can be read on many different levels, the music effective and distinctive.More grim and despair-tinged lyrics continue on 'The Ruiner', 'The Becoming' and 'I do not want this', again complimented by an eerily haunting sound, the same eerily haunting sound which is in evidence all the way through this album. It works it's way into your head and makes you feel ill at ease.Make no mistakes, there is no hope on this album. It is completely bleak, nihilistic and despairing, but so completely and unrelentingly so that it becomes a powerful, consuming entity which smothers and silences the listener.The lyrics of 'Big Man With A Gun' are almost too personal to comment on, but instrumental piece 'A Warm Place' again lavishes more eerie-sounding music on the listener.'Eraser' and 'Reptile' are both highly suggestive, lyrically, and open to interpretation, but it is obvious that this album is Trent Reznor's attempt to get all of his most disturbing thoughts into one (extremely) dark place.The last two tracks on this album, instrumental piece 'Downward Spiral' and 'Hurt', are a fitting end to a startling album, both beautiful and repelling. They are the final descent, working their way down into the pits, presumably a metaphor for Trent Reznor's state of mind. 'Downward Spiral' also contains the sounds of people screaming, apparently in agony, which never fails to literally make my stomach churn. I think we all secretly love to be horrified, and this album does the business every time. There is a certain part of the human mind which is both repelled and fascinated by horror, this album embraces that part of the brain entirely.This album is the aural equivalent of all the darkest, most disturbing thoughts which a person has in the final moments just before waking up from a sleep. It is both threatening yet hazy, disturbing like something too severe to be realised and too horrible to contemplate. It is also shocking like that moment when you turn and unexpectedly see a face pressed up against a window, then you reel in fright. It is also the unhappiness which, deep in the subconcious mind, most humans are aware of, but spend their entire life trying to avoid.Suffice to say, for conveying all of these things, it is a masterpiece. It is grim, and probably able to force even the most hardened nihilist into contemplation - but it is all the more powerful because of this.It is also proof, as if it were needed, that depression too can have it's fruits, but suggestive that depression should no longer be a Taboo subject.

La croisière du Navigator, que je considère comme un des meilleurs Buster Keaton, enfin à nouveau disponible. Jusqu'à présent je ne disposais que de l'édition du "Cinéma du Monde" 11ème série.

Bought for hubby, he is happy with it

Great film.Can't remember when I laughed so much!