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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
You're being too harsh!
I don't think this book is bad at all! It has a lot of interesting things to say about Sherlock, Jr. I really think the past two reviewers were way too harsh!
Published on July 24, 2000
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Worst sort of academic writing
Please, please, please avoid this book. If it was possible to give it NO stars, I would have done so. It is the most turgid academic bilge I have read in years. Why is there so much drivel written about Keaton? You are better off searching out David Robinson's KEATON, the best critial analysis of his films. Check this out on OOP booksearches instead; it probably costs...
Published on September 24, 1999
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Worst sort of academic writing,
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This review is from: Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. (Cambridge Film Handbooks) (Hardcover)
Please, please, please avoid this book. If it was possible to give it NO stars, I would have done so. It is the most turgid academic bilge I have read in years. Why is there so much drivel written about Keaton? You are better off searching out David Robinson's KEATON, the best critial analysis of his films. Check this out on OOP booksearches instead; it probably costs the same as this wretched book and it is at least worth it.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Analysis of Keaton Few and Far Between Boring Summaries,
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This review is from: Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. (Cambridge Film Handbooks) (Paperback)
The other one-star reviews of this work were right on. It is, for lack of a better word, terrible. Various authors offer surprisingly similar takes on Buster Keaton's classic silent film, 'Sherlock Jr.' Unfortunately, these essays refrain from any deep analysis of the film (or other Keaton films for that matter) and instead choose to summarize, over and over again, the film across 191 excruciatingly boring pages. Avoid this book at all cost. Many, many other, better books analyze Keaton, his films, and his career better than this one, which fails miserably.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
They made Buster Keaton boring.,
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This review is from: Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. (Cambridge Film Handbooks) (Paperback)
Read the other one star review. It was being kind
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
You're being too harsh!,
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This review is from: Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. (Cambridge Film Handbooks) (Paperback)
I don't think this book is bad at all! It has a lot of interesting things to say about Sherlock, Jr. I really think the past two reviewers were way too harsh!
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Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. (Cambridge Film Handbooks) by Andrew Horton (Paperback - June 13, 1997)
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