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~ Andrew Horton (Editor) "Imagine two Introduction to Film courses..." (more)
Key Phrases: anarchistic comedy, vaudeville aesthetic, projection sequence, Buster Keaton, New York, Sherlock Holmes (more...)
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Buster Keaton's "Sherlock Jr." focuses on a classic by one of America's greatest silent film geniuses, whose films still delight and amaze audiences worldwide. The essays included in this volume, written specially for this edition, examine this film within the context of Keaton's career, and also offer new perspectives on its unusual production history, Keaton's vaudeville background, and the differing views of "masculinity" that both celebrate and poke fun at cinema itself, among other topics.


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Buster Keaton's "Sherlock Jr." focuses on a classic by one of America's greatest silent film geniuses whose films still delight and amaze audiences worldwide. The essays included in this volume, written specially for this edition, examine this film within the context of Keaton's career, and also offer new perspectives on its unusual production history, Keaton's vaudeville background, and the differing views of "masculinity" which both celebrate and poke fun at cinema itself, among other topics.

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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press (June 13, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0521485665
  • ISBN-13: 978-0521485661
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #343,296 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Worst sort of academic writing, September 24, 1999
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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.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Analysis of Keaton Few and Far Between Boring Summaries, October 5, 2005
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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.
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1.0 out of 5 stars They made Buster Keaton boring., October 13, 1999
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Read the other one star review. It was being kind
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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!
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