The misadventures of the luckless Buster Keaton in three separate historical periods.
This was Buster Keaton's first feature film and apparently he made it the three parts not so much for artistic reasons, but because he felt it would be easier to sell the sections as shorts if the feature was a failure. Clever business move, but of course we all know now that he was quite successful.
But the film makes me wonder: when did the idea of the caveman begin? The way they are shown here is pretty much the same way they are in the "B. C." comic strip or the Geiko commercials... but when did this become the archetype?
This was Buster Keaton's first feature film and apparently he made it the three parts not so much for artistic reasons, but because he felt it would be easier to sell the sections as shorts if the feature was a failure. Clever business move, but of course we all know now that he was quite successful.
But the film makes me wonder: when did the idea of the caveman begin? The way they are shown here is pretty much the same way they are in the "B. C." comic strip or the Geiko commercials... but when did this become the archetype?