Go West
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| Free with general admission |
*General museum admission is FREE for residents of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.
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Assisted Listening Devices are available upon request at the box office
USA/1925 — directed by Buster Keaton | 88 min.
Filmed on location in the Arizona desert, Go West stars Keaton as a young Midwestern man named Friendless, who takes the advice of newspaper publisher Horace Greeley and hops a freight train bound for the West.
There he befriends a dairy cow named Brown Eyes, and together they look out for one another while evading wolves, train robbers, and a one-way trip to the stockyards.
The film’s iconic climax is a full-scale cattle stampede through the streets and upscale shops of Los Angeles—led by Keaton in a red devil suit. Released a century ago, Go West remains one of the most strikingly modern works of cinematic art you’ll see this year.
“Keaton's face ranked almost with Lincoln's as an American archetype: it was haunting, handsome, almost beautiful, yet it was irreducibly funny.” — James Agee, Agee on Film
USA/1925 — directed by Buster Keaton | 88 min.
Filmed on location in the Arizona desert, Go West stars Keaton as a young Midwestern man named Friendless, who takes the advice of newspaper publisher Horace Greeley and hops a freight train bound for the West.
There he befriends a dairy cow named Brown Eyes, and together they look out for one another while evading wolves, train robbers, and a one-way trip to the stockyards.
The film’s iconic climax is a full-scale cattle stampede through the streets and upscale shops of Los Angeles—led by Keaton in a red devil suit. Released a century ago, Go West remains one of the most strikingly modern works of cinematic art you’ll see this year.
“Keaton's face ranked almost with Lincoln's as an American archetype: it was haunting, handsome, almost beautiful, yet it was irreducibly funny.” — James Agee, Agee on Film