Sherlock Jr. (1924) is a masterpiece.

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.
#silentfilm #filmhistory #busterkeaton #charliechaplin
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/Buster-Keaton-C...)

[@MyHeadHz]

Keaton seriously is one of the greatest of all time.

[@rosemaryclarke2348]

OH YES!!

[@kimbonser2364]

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.

[@KimberlyPeretteAtKimpStudio]

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.

[@gustaveluna9349]

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

[@thecinemarevivalist]

💛💛💛

[@artlewellan2294]

The last scene Buster's brief kiss his sweetheart was of the entirety of the subject film story telling made whole.

[@The_Mad_Gorilla]

Sherlock Jr was and still is an amazing film.

[@chrisaguilera1564]

Now I have to watch this movie. They should have this movie in select theaters for the 100th anniversary.

[@thecinemarevivalist]

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 🙂

[@ChuckDarwin1909]

More silent video essays please! love it

[@thecinemarevivalist]

Thanks for the support, and I'm planning an "underrated silent films" video in the future if that piques your interest.

[@kennymik1509]

Great presentation. Thank you!

[@TurnerTsinniejinnie]

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.

[@thecinemarevivalist]

Glad you liked it 😁Hopefully your second watch of Sherlock Jr. is even better than the first!

[@harrymills2770]

GOAT.

[@Borella309]

Superb video essay!

[@lofi.cinema]

Great video! Subscribed!

[@americanmanhood]

"We could die!" Imagine people not being concerned with a silly little thing such as death before labor laws. That's cray cray.

[@thecinemarevivalist]

That wasn't a direct quote or anything, but yeah, Keaton was kind of crazy lol

[@richardkennedy8481]

Penultimate, one below the ultimate. Have you seen him on Candid Camera? Great.

[@thecinemarevivalist]

Who's the ultimate? Chaplin? I might be inclined to agree. Haven't seen Candid Camera, but his cameo in Sunset Boulevard was epic! 😆

[@calebrial]

BANGER ALERT

[@thecinemarevivalist]

🤪

[@zachmanthorne6350]

first, huge fan of the channel

[@thecinemarevivalist]

💕

[@keithstump1712]

"side-splitting"? Where???

[@thecinemarevivalist]

It's all in the eye of the beholder 😅

[@derk3535]

My reaction to a new video

[@DarylBark]

Ya had to go and get Political didn't ya? And you were doing so good.

[@richardhinshaw2116]

...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.

[@thecinemarevivalist]

Some still do that despite the laws 😆