Film (Beckett, Schneider)

Director: Samuel Beckett, Alan Schneider
Stars: Buster Keaton, Nell Harrison, James Karen
Genre: Short, Drama
Country: USA

A twenty-minute, almost totally silent film (no dialogue or music, save one ‘shhh!’) in which Buster Keaton attempts to evade observation by an all-seeing eye. But, as the film is based around Bishop Berkeley’s principle ‘esse est percipi’ (to be is to be perceived), Keaton’s very existence conspires against his efforts.

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