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The Masters of Cinema Series presents three more films directed by and starring Buster Keaton from brand new restorations. Our Hospitality (1923) Often cited as one of his most significant films as well as one of his funniest 1923 s Our Hospitality, which Keaton co-directed with John G. Blystone, is his take on the notorious feud between the Hatfield and McCoy clans. Our Hospitality was not just a breakthrough in Keaton's career, but it was also noted even during its release as an advancement in the medium, with Variety procling, "It marks a step forward in the production of picture comedies. " From a 2K restoration Go West (1925) Keaton is at his most stone-faced as the memorably named "Friendless" in Go West, an irresistible blend of deadpan darkness and spectacular comic set-pieces. Friendless abandons city life to ride the rails to an Arizona ranch, where his ineptitude at almost everything only makes his nickname even more accurate. But when his one beloved companion, a cow named Brown Eyes, seems to be headed to a slaughterhouse e, Friendless intervenes, and the resulting cattle stampede through the streets of Los Angeles is one of Keaton's most understandably famous and accled sequences. From a 4K restoration College (1927) Keaton follows up The General with a higher education comedy that seems to take a cue from Harold Lloyd's The Freshman (1925). Keaton is bookworm Ronald; whose high school girl Mary ditches him for someone with the athletic prowess that Ronald lacks. Determined to win her back, Ronald enters college with an eye on sports, but two left feet. From a 2K restoration LIMITED EDITION BOX SET - 3000 UNITS * Our Hospitality: Presented in 1080p from a 2K restoration * Go West: Presented in 1080p from a 4K restoration * College: Presented in 1080p from a 2K restoration * Our Hospitality: new audio commentary by silent film historian Rob Farr * Hospitality [55 mins]: a shorter work-print version of Our Hospitality, presented with optional commentary by film historian Polly Rose * Making Comedy Beautiful [26 mins]: video essay by Patricia Eliot Tobias * Go West: new audio commentary by film historians Joel Goss and Bruce Lawton * Go West: new video essay by John Bengtson (Silent Echoes / Silent Traces / Silent Visions) on Go West s filming locations * A Window on Keaton [28 mins]: new video essay by David Cairns * Go West [1923, 12 mins]: short film * College: video essay by John Bengtson on College s filming locations * The Railrodder [1965, 24 mins]: produced by the National Film Board of Canada and starring Buster Keaton in one of his final film roles * The Railrodder: optional audio commentary with director Gerald Potterton and cameraman David De Volpi * Buster Keaton Rides Again [1965, 55 mins]: documentary feature produced concurrently with, the filming of The Railrodder * Q&A with Gerald Potterton [55 mins]: audio of a post-screening Q&A with The Railrodder director Gerald Potterton, and David De Volpi * Stills Galleries * PLUS: A 60-PAGE perfect bound collector s book featuring new writing by Philip Kemp; essays on all three films by Imogen Sara Smith; a piece by John Bengtson on the filming locations of Our Hospitality; Gerald Potterton s original for The Railrodder; and an appreciation of Keaton and The Railrodder by writer and silent cinema aficionado Chris Seguin