| Main Performers | Neil Brand - speaker, piano |
| Performance Notes | Experience classic silent films with world class live music accompaniment in the Royal Albert Halls intimate Elgar Room.
Composer, musician and broadcaster Neil Brand (BBC4 Sound of Cinema and Radio 4 Film Programme regular) presents an evening of Buster Keaton, featuring clips of his funniest moments followed by the magnificent feature Steamboat Bill, Jr. Genius, surrealist, man with a death-wish? Buster Keaton was probably the greatest manipulator of the film camera - and what could be done in front of it - ever to have lived. Composer and musician Neil Brand has being accompanying Keatons films on the piano for over 30 years. In this special event, experience the best of Buster and journey with Neil through Buster's early life and background, his funniest gags and most death-defying stunts and learn along the way just how he put those amazing films together. Neil's talk will be followed by a screening of Keatons brilliant Steamboat Bill, Jr and a chance again to watch him try to impress his river-rat father and get caught in a cyclone that brings THAT house falling down around him.
If you thought you knew Buster, there will be plenty to surprise you - if you've never seen Buster live, this is the perfect way to do it. |