Marvelous silent comedy

Buster Keaton near the end of his great period (he had foolishly given up artistic control of his pictures by this time), but this is still a top-notch movie. He plays a tin-type portrait artist who becomes smitten with a girl who works as a secretary at a newsreel company; in order to be by her he buys a movie camera and tries to become a newsreel cameraman. Some of the classic comic secenes (always with Keaton in deadpan mode) include him at a swimming pool, playing baseball with himself in an empty Yankee Stadium, and being in the middle of a Tong war in Chinatown. Perhaps the funniest scene of all is at the end when he unwittingly becomes part of the Lindbergh ticker-tape parade and he thinks the crowd is cheering him. Keaton's balletic humorous touches are on full display, and it's a wonderful comedy. The man was a comedic genius, and this movie is a gem.

The elegance of the simplicity!
The unerring Buster Keaton made one of his most reminded pictures with a fine and delicious humor sense, brimming with invention and original twist of fate but loaded of profound humanity and joy of living. His funny innovations do not hide at all his profound devotion to the cinema and the multiplicity of uses you can give it.

To me there is not a wide space between his craftsmanship and Charles Chaplin. Perhaps, Keaton was not so satirical and ambitious as Charlot but his only presence and his ever serious face was by itself an invitation for the easy laugh. And it does not sound exaggerate to affirm that due his ever looser style he influenced and inspired two undeniable and future filmmakers of this genre: Jerry Lewis and Woody Allen.

Buster's best.
I saw this movie on TCM. I was at a silent movie craze. I don't know why, best in that short period of time, I saw classics like the Birth Of A Nation, Intolerence, King Of Kings, City Lights, and this gem. Buster Keaton is brilliant. I fell in love with this movie from the get go. Even it was most likey his last great silent movie. So many jokes are still funny today, like the scene when he and big guy try to change into swimming trunks in the same dressing room,when they are at the city pool. Then when Buster comes out, he has on an extra large trunk while the big guy has Busters smaller trunks. I even nearly cried at the end. I can't say much on the story, but its about a lowly tintype photographer who wants a job at MGM to impress lady that he took a picture of. This film is just wonderful and very, very funny. Also, look for Buster's tradmark visual gags. Trust me, you will be laughing as hard as I did.

Buster-comedy how it should be.
Though I have no idea how good the quality of this copy is, The Cameraman should not be missed. Buster Keaton, one of the greatest silent film stars is one of the most honest performers I have ever seen. I really wish this would be released on DVD! If you're looking for just a fun, honest and good film, see The Cameraman-you'll love it!

A Sweet & Beautiful Comedy Classic
This is my favorite Buster Keaton movie. I have watched it so many times I've lost count. The best thing about this movie is the lovely relationship Buster's character has with his leading lady, played by Marceline Day, who died not too long ago. She is his best leading lady, so sensitive and touching. So if you are looking for an hysterically funny comedy with lots of inventive slapstick, with a refreshing and tender romance thrown in for good measure, you will definitely love The Cameraman. I think it's one of the best 100 films ever made.