Charlie Chaplin vs Buster Keaton
... Although both Chaplin and Keaton are considered geniuses in this art, their approach to acting and directing differed greatly: whereas Chaplin’s comic technique centered around his face, hands, and legs, each of which operated as separate entities, Keaton’s comic technique centered around the body as a whole, a single physical object that could behave in space the way no physical object ought to have the power or right to do. ... For Chaplin, everything from Sennett’s early shorts to his final sound comedies will be mentioned, though the emphasis will be on films from the 1920s and 1930s. As for Keaton, many of his shorts and feature length films will be examined, yet the emphasis will be once again put on the films he made during the peek of his popularity – the 1920s.