John Bengtson is a business lawyer and film historian who discovered the magic of silent comedy at an early age. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Silent Traces: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Charlie Chaplin, Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, and Silent Visions: Discovering Early Hollywood and New York Through the Films of Harold Lloyd. Bengtson has presented his work on Buster Keaton as keynote speaker at events hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre, and the UCLA Film and Television Archive. He is a featured columnist of the Keaton Chronicle newsletter, and lives in the San Francisco Bay area with his two daughters.
"First Keaton, then Chaplin, and now Harold Lloyd. There is no end
to the magic John Bengtson creates when he investigates the real
locations of celebrated movie sequences. Simply amazing." --Kenneth
Turan, "Los Angeles Times "(November 1, 2011)
"Harold Lloyd fans will agree that this is a most remarkable book.
Even after all this time, I have a new appreciation as to how these
films were made. My grandfather would be so pleased." --Suzanne
Lloyd
"John Bengtson has done it again: part detective, part historian,
this dedicated silent-film enthusiast has opened a window to the
past for all of us. After revisiting the wonderful Harold Lloyd
comedies shot on location, this volume makes me want to embark on a
walking tour of downtown Los Angeles (not to mention Manhattan and
Coney Island)." --Leonard Maltin, "Entertainment Tonight "(November
1, 2011)
"With his usual unerring precision, John Bengtson shows us how
Harold Lloyd turned New York and Los Angeles into his very own
romper room. "Silent Visions" is a wonderful amalgam of film
history and urban history. Bengtson's detective work in tracking
down these movie locations has the same exhilaration and fanatic
attention to detail as Lloyd's classic comedies." --Peter Rainer,
"Christian Science Monitor "(November 1, 2011)
|
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
