Go west/ The Navigator

Directed by Buster Keaton.
Starring Buster Keaton, Howard Truesdale, Kathleen Myers.

Live Music Setting, piano: Niki Charlafti

Keaton portrays Friendless, who travels west to try to make his fortune. Once there, he tries his hand at bronco-busting, cattle wrangling, and dairy farming, eventually forming a bond with a cow named “Brown Eyes.” Eventually he finds himself leading a herd of cattle through Los Angeles.

(1925) Duration: 56′

The Navigator

Directed by Buster Keaton.
starring Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Kathrun McGuire, Fred Vroom.

Live Music Setting, piano: Anna Stereopoulou

Buster Keaton’s theme of civilized man versus the machine (seen as making life difficult for modern man because we have become so dependent on it and it’s not always reliable), was never used more effectively in cinema. The Navigator contains some of the most elaborate and well-known stunts by Keaton.

(1924) Duration: 48′