STEAMBOAT BILL, JR.

“Steamboat Bill, Jr. is one of Buster Keaton’s most personal films. It also contains perhaps his greatest-ever stunt, one among many of the film’s several comedic action set pieces. In this discussion we’ll explore how Keaton achieved the seemingly impossible on screen and what the film reveals about his life and his iconic comic persona. Hold on to your hat.” —Pamela Hutchinson

Pamela Hutchinson is a freelance critic, curator and film historian from England. She has written on The Red Shoes and Pandora's Box for BFI Film Classics and is a columnist for Sight and Sound. Her platform Silent London is devoted to silent cinema.