Film alan schneider, 1965, 22 mins is the nobel prize winner samuel beckett s only screenplay, starring the legendary buster keaton. Made in 1965 this short has been recently restored by ross lipman and the ucla film and television archive. In his extensive kino essay, notfilm 2015, 129 mins, ross lipman explores the literary, cinematic and personal history surrounding the production. Citing clips from the work of buñuel, vertov, vigo and eisenstein, and featuring interviews with cinematographer haskell wexler, billie whitelaw and the film's producer barney rossey, notfilm examines the project's themes and legacy in an original, creative and dynamic fashion. Also included is the rare 1979 british remake of film starring comedian max wall. Special features the street scene 6 mins a lost scene reconstruction from the film outtakes the dog and cat takes 9 mins outtakes from the 1965 version of film 'what if e's eyes were closed?' 7 mins audio recordings of beckett, kaufman and schneider 7 mins, with hard of hearing subtitles buster keaton and film james karen in conversation 42 mins memories of samuel beckett an afternoon with james knowlson 8 mins jeanette seaver beckett and godot 4 mins stills and photo gallery tbc photographing beckett 7 mins the music of notfilm downloadable mp3 recording by mihály víg dvd only illustrated booklet with new writings by ross lipman, michael brooke and vic pratt