Beckett did not approve of the finished product: "It was awful. I was there when they were setting it all up and then I had to go with the director – what was his name? – and I was very embarrassed. It was supposed to be silent with just the sound of feet and the one word "ssh" and he had every kind of noise going on." – Brownlow, K., 'Brownlow on Beckett (on Keaton)' in FilmWest 22Archived 2008-03-07 at the Wayback Machine. A full review can be read at Journal of Beckett Studies Vol. 7Archived 2007-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
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According to Karen, he had urged Schneider to consider the 68-year-old Keaton when MacGowran's schedule changed, making him unavailable. Brownlow, K., 'Brownlow on Beckett (on Keaton)' in FilmWest 22Archived 2008-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
Beckett did not approve of the finished product: "It was awful. I was there when they were setting it all up and then I had to go with the director – what was his name? – and I was very embarrassed. It was supposed to be silent with just the sound of feet and the one word "ssh" and he had every kind of noise going on." – Brownlow, K., 'Brownlow on Beckett (on Keaton)' in FilmWest 22Archived 2008-03-07 at the Wayback Machine. A full review can be read at Journal of Beckett Studies Vol. 7Archived 2007-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
Sludds, T., 'Film, Beckett and Failure' in FilmWest 21, 1995
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Schneider, A., On Directing Samuel Beckett's Film Explains Schneider: "During a transatlantic call one day (as I remember) he shattered our desperation over the sudden casting crisis by calmly suggesting Buster Keaton." In print: Schneider, "On Directing Film" (Grove, 1969), 67.
According to Schneider, he had, prior to their initial meeting but “was not sure what could be done to fix it up”. [2]
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According to Karen, he had urged Schneider to consider the 68-year-old Keaton when MacGowran's schedule changed, making him unavailable. Brownlow, K., 'Brownlow on Beckett (on Keaton)' in FilmWest 22Archived 2008-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
Beckett did not approve of the finished product: "It was awful. I was there when they were setting it all up and then I had to go with the director – what was his name? – and I was very embarrassed. It was supposed to be silent with just the sound of feet and the one word "ssh" and he had every kind of noise going on." – Brownlow, K., 'Brownlow on Beckett (on Keaton)' in FilmWest 22Archived 2008-03-07 at the Wayback Machine. A full review can be read at Journal of Beckett Studies Vol. 7Archived 2007-07-26 at the Wayback Machine