SHERLOCK, Jr.
U.S. (Buster Keaton) 44m Silent BW
Director : Roscoe " Fatty" Arbuckle, Buster Keaton
Producer : Joseph M. Schenck, Buster Keaton
Screenplay : Clyde Bruckman, Jean C. Havez
Photography : Byron Houck Elgin Lessley
Musci : Myles Boisen, Sheldon Brown, Beth Custer, Steve Kirk, Nik Phelps
Cast : Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Erwin Connelly, Ward Crane
Sherlock, Jr. is Buster Keaton's shortest feature film, yet it is a remarkable achievement, possessing a tightly integrated plot, stunning athleticism(Keaton did all his own stunts, unknowingly breaking his neck during one of them), artistic virtuosity, and an avant-garde exploration of the perennial dichotomy of reality versus illusion.
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Sherlock, Jr. not only features the incredible stunts for which Keaton is famous, but also poses a number of issues. From a social perspective, it is a commentary on the fantasies about upward mobility in American society. On a psychological plane, it introduces the motif of the double striving for fulfillment in imaginary spaces, as the protagonist is unable to achieve it in ordinary, tangible reality. Above all, the film is a reflection on the nature of art, a theme that resurfaces again in The Cameraman(1928), when Keaton's focus shifts from medium to spectator.Keaton's films remain interesting today, in part due to the director-star's almost otherworldy stoicism(compared to Chaplin's pathos), and in part due to their occasionally surreal nature(admired by Luis Buñuel and Federico García Lorca) and their delving into the nature of cinema and existence itself. Chuck Jones, Woody Allen, Wes Craven, Jackie Chan, and Steven Spielberg are among the filmmakers to pay homage to Keaton's irresistible mischief, and his films remain perhaps the most accessible of all silent movies.
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