Sherlock Jr. (1924) is a masterpiece.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- A video essay discussing Sherlock Jr. (1924) by Buster Keaton, considered by many to be the gold standard for silent comedies, and one of the best films of the 1920s as a whole.
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Music:
Silent Film Score compilation - The Old Times / oldstuff4all / Kevin MacLeod ( • Silent Film Score comp... )
Extra B-Roll:
Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag / Every Frame a Painting ( • Buster Keaton - The Ar... )
Some of Buster Keaton's most amazing stunts / Don McHoull ( • Some of Buster Keaton'... )
Supplemental Reading:
Buster Keaton: Cut to the Chase (1995) / Marion Meade (www.amazon.ca/...)
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Keaton seriously is one of the greatest of all time.
OH YES!!
In my 2010 blog post on Christopher Nolan's "Inception," I wrote, "Buster Keaton’s 'Sherlock, Jr.' remains my all-time favorite dream movie - how a man with a reputation as a comedian could make a film in 1924, with only the most primitive effects technology available, that threaded the balance between reality and dreams so much more effectively than this one is a mystery - but then Keaton, for all the stoicism with which he viewed the world (that strange childhood of his, which involved his parents including him in their vaudeville act and flinging him about the stage as 'The Human Mop,' gave him an even more cynical view of the world and the possibility of happiness than Chaplin’s almost as bizarre one, with his dad deserting the family, his mom going crazy and his older brother Sidney essentially becoming his single parent), had a heart and wasn’t afraid to show it."
Excellently put my friend :)
so glad people are still appreciating his work
Thank you. I've just recently discovered Buster Keaton and you're right: 2 kinds of people, those who love Buster and those who haven't discovered him yet.
Sherlock Jr was and still is an amazing film.
Thanks. Buster Keaton has been my favourite comedy actor for about 60 years.
Luv, luv, luv Buster Keaton. I've seen almost everything he made. Such an important guy. Just as important as Charlie Chaplin. I wonder why he's not as popularly known as Chaplin? I loved him in "Sunset Boulevard" as an older man. His facial expressions were just as funny as they always were. I love your analysis and narrative. Great job! I'm going to go and rewatch Sherlock Jr. now and will probably go down the Buster Keaton rabbit hole again.
Here you cited two important and precious people to me: François Truffaut and Buster Keaton. Thank you for this shared moment and i am glad to add you in my fav
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The last scene Buster's brief kiss his sweetheart was of the entirety of the subject film story telling made whole.
Great video, I watched Sherlock Jr a long time ago and liked it, but didn't really see why it's considered in the same league as a lot of the other films in the Sight and Sound top 100. I'm gonna rewatch it soon now, and probably The General too.
Glad you liked it 😁Hopefully your second watch of Sherlock Jr. is even better than the first!
Wonderful review of a great film and a world class artist. I hope you are able to build your subscriber list because you obviously have a lot for us to learn from.
Great presentation. Thank you!
Now I have to watch this movie. They should have this movie in select theaters for the 100th anniversary.
Haha yeah that would be awesome to see it on the big screen. I think some metropolitan areas will be playing it like Vancouver for instance, so depending on where you live it might not be out of the question 🙂
I watched it on Toronto Silent Film Festival for the first time a week before the 100th anniversary. I didn't even know this film. I'm so glad that I went to see it
More silent video essays please! love it
Thanks for the support, and I'm planning an "underrated silent films" video in the future if that piques your interest.
how sad he is still so unappreciated
Great video! Subscribed!
Superb video essay!
Great video!!
Truly excellent job on this vid!! Chaplin gave him his nick-name after he fell down a staircase, saying "That was a real buster!"
Still waiting for Keaton to make some babies
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amazing video and great analysis !
it's not just comedy. it's humanity. t
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I totally agree with you.
GOAT.
He was .i have great respect for lloyd and chaplin,but his physical style sets him above the rest.
"We could die!" Imagine people not being concerned with a silly little thing such as death before labor laws. That's cray cray.
That wasn't a direct quote or anything, but yeah, Keaton was kind of crazy lol
Penultimate, one below the ultimate. Have you seen him on Candid Camera? Great.
Who's the ultimate? Chaplin? I might be inclined to agree.
Haven't seen Candid Camera, but his cameo in Sunset Boulevard was epic! 😆
first, huge fan of the channel
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"side-splitting"? Where???
It's all in the eye of the beholder 😅
What a lovely essay! The International Buster Keaton Society brought me here and I'm glad that they did. Thank you for spreading the word about Buster Keaton! Sherlock Jr. is also one of my favourite Keaton pictures.
The Buster Keaton Society? Did they shoutout the video or something?
@@thecinemarevivalist It was featured in their June newsletter! I bet @LovelyRuthie is responsible. 🖤
@@BabyBlisss That's awesome! I'll have to contact them to thank them. Thanks for letting me know :)
@@thecinemarevivalist I'm sure they'd like that! You are most welcome.
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...does anyone seriously doubt that if it hadn't been made clearly illegal employers would have risking your life be a job requirement? I'm frankly glad the OSHA of the day was proactive.
Some still do that despite the laws 😆
Ya had to go and get Political didn't ya? And you were doing so good.