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Sherlock Jr. (1924) is stone-faced director/producer Buster Keaton's marvelously inventive, short silent film era, comic fantasy - his third and shortest feature film (after a series of two-reel shorts in the early 1920s). It was filled with the comedian's trademark physical gags, intricately-choreographed and acrobatic vaudeville stunts ...
Oct 7, 2022 · Desperate to clear his name, the projectionist dreams of being the great Sherlock Jr., and in one of cinemas most iconic sequences, literally steps into the screen to bring his fantasies to life. Directed by Buster Keaton. Story by Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez and Joe Mitchell. Cinematography by Byron Houck & Elgin Lessley.
Sep 13, 2021 · Public Domain Silent Film, digitally restored, and upscaled to 4K Synopsis: A meek and mild projectionist, who also cleans up after screenings, would like...
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- Simon Templar Films
A meek movie projectionist who dreams of being Conan Doyle's master detective puts his amateur sleuth skills to use when he's framed for a theft.
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Sep 2, 2019 · Sherlock Jr. is a film about fantasy and the enchanting, mythical qualities that cinema possesses. This gives Keaton great artistic license to go fully surreal in some of his filmmaking, and he uses this opportunity to showcase not only the magic of movies on an emotional level but the magic of the craft itself.
Sherlock Jr. Buster plays a movie projectionist who daydreams himself into the movies he is showing and merges with the figures and the backgrounds on the screen. While dreaming he is Conan Doyle's master detective, he snoops out brilliant discoveries. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started ...
Sherlock, Jr. showcases enough of Buster Keaton's brilliance to make it well worth a watch, even if the laughs don't flow quite as freely as they do with some of his other features.
