The Buster Keaton Collection: Volume 2 Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		4.0
Video		4.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		1.0
Overall		4.0

The Buster Keaton Collection: Volume 2 Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman July 29, 2019

One of the little tidbits that was revealed in a passing comment by Charles Cohen in a supplement included on The Great Buster: A Celebration was that Cohen Media Group had acquired all but one of Buster Keaton’s silent films some time ago, and that the entire catalog was being brought up “to 4K standards”. I posited in our The Great Buster: A Celebration Blu-ray review that Cohen’s comment might augur well for future Keaton film releases from Cohen Media Group and/or Cohen Film Collection, and that prediction came true a couple of months ago with the release of The Buster Keaton Collection: Volume 1, which contained two of Keaton's all time classic films, The General and Steamboat Bill, Jr.. Cohen is now offering classic comedy fans a second dose of one of the immortals of silent cinema.

For reviews of the two films in this second volume of Keaton, please click on the following links:

Sherlock Jr. Blu-ray review

The Navigator Blu-ray review

The Buster Keaton Collection: Volume 2 Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Video quality of each film is assessed in the above linked reviews.

The Buster Keaton Collection: Volume 2 Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Audio quality of each film is assessed in the above linked reviews.

The Buster Keaton Collection: Volume 2 Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Cohen has released this first set of Keaton films on one disc, and so the supplements are not necessarily tied only to one individual film.

• Buster Keaton: The Great Stone Face (1080p; 4:26) is another assortment of very brief talking head assessments of Keaton, along with snippets from films. All of these folks were seen in the first volume on the similar supplements included on that release.


• Buster Keaton: The Comedian (1080p; 3:51) is more of the same.


• Sherlock Jr. Restoration Trailer (1080p; 1:23)


• The Navigator Restoration Trailer (1080p; 1:01)

The Buster Keaton Collection: Volume 2 Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

This is another really wonderful double feature of Keaton's films that have received nice 4K restorations by Cohen. Video can still be occasionally problematic due to secondary (or indeed tertiary) elements utilized as sources, but Cohen's restorations have removed many of the more troubling signs of damage seen in the previous Kino releases. Some fans may wish that Cohen would start providing more meaty supplements for these releases, though. Recommended.