His expressions at the end when he kept looking up at the screen for cues.....such a wonderful little piece of comic acting. And the young Buster (he was 29 here) was DREAMY !
I expected Buster Keaton to be great -- and he was -- but I didn't expect that the movie would hold up so well. The story, the special effects, the movie-within-a-movie concept...it was all very well done. And the acting was much better, much more natural, than I expected. I can't wait to see more of this great, great filmmaker.
If you ever have the chance, find a silent theater to go watch his films. There are dedicated silent theaters in many places, and if not, it's often done as a special piece here or there, often at film festivals. GO. Watching Keaton is incredible, watching it on the big screen, with actual live music as it would've been back then is a unique experience.
The amount of creativity and effort that went into making this masterpiece (especially in the stunts, cinematography & editing) is just beyond brilliant even for today's standards.
A book called Camerman has just been released in paperback. I just heard the author's interview on radio show Fresh Air. Her insights and depth of research stimulate me to look more deeply into this brilliant creative man.
Wow just realizing I'm watching this for the first time in 2024, exactly 100 years after it was made and it's great! I'm 37 and I've heard the name Buster Keaton years ago and knew he was from the Charlie Chaplin era. But now, thanks to also starting to watch the original Twilight Zone series for the first time and seeing him in an episode, I started to dive into him and his work and I'm just gobsmacked. Beyond my expectations of pratfalls and slapstick, I discover this guy is an athletic daredevil of pure genius. I find myself mind-boggled at how they could have done some of the stunts. I have to do a double take and still can't comprehend it. And I'm just in awe of the creativity. I can't wait to see more.
Then again, somehow I feel that when a new art-form evolves, creators tend to be very free and experimental. Maybe we develop patterns over time, from which it is very hard to break free? Maybe there's also an increasing pressure on creators as an art becomes more and more popular and thus more a business. Of course, there are many great, creative and experimental directors, actors etc. still working today. However, they get easily drowned by the noise today, they are harder to find. So probably it's also that, the creators of the past were so great innovative, because they were the only ones and because there was no predefined assumptions, of how a movie works. Anyway, went a bit sideways here. Basically I was reflecting on your statement, "years ahead of its time", and wether I' agree with the implied notion, that the crazy ideas grow over time. :) Well in the end, it's a great scene and this is most important, that we all can enjoy it.
And this kids, is 'Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat'. It's about 30 seconds long, and many people paid good money to see it! It started the Train Cinematic Universe! No I'm serious, this 30 second silent film of a train arriving got shown in many early theatres, and many sequels were made.
Buster practiced his pool skills extensively before shooting that scene. He'd dust the pool balls with talcum-powder so they'd leave visible tracks across the table, then study the tracks until he had a masterful grasp of pool ball physics.
I didn't appreciate Buster Keaton when I was young and he was alive as Who's The Funny Man. Heard he did silent films an never knew he wrote and directed also in them..he was a pioneer and marvelous.
Keaton makes his dash across the top of a moving freight train look so easy one can forget that this stunt had two possible outcomes: either he succeeded or got killed. As it was, he suffered a slight break in a cervical vertebra when the downspout landed him on the rails.
Impressive editing? Really? Sure, it was pretty hard, but it wouldn't have been too much different from modern days. The real challenge would be sitting in the same pose. Although, in my head, I'm imagining Buster Keaton just in a newsroom with a pair of scissors, and a measuring tape just like: DAMN, a millimetre too soon! Johnny get the camera out, we have to refilm it! Johnny: Sir, we don't have any film! Keaton: Well, we'll need a good few dozen metres, we have to refilm half of it!
@@BondJFK When I said 'wouldn't have been too much different from modern days' I meant in difficulty, although now I've got a video editor I realise it's very easy to just do a cut, and probably much easier than getting some scissors, and glue out, but given some of the effects Keaton did, that certainly wouldn't have been the hardest.
I don't know where to start. It's an incredibly creative movie up there with genius. The women's fashion is tops. When he opens the car door in the water hahaha.
I love this one. What a great film, and clever comedy by Keaton as well. Keaton was an excellent gag artist as well as a genius at the physical comedy as well. I love how it is titled Sherlock Jr :)
I've seen a bunch of the stunts in compilations, but never the whole movie before. Didn't realize it was so charming. And the stunts are still impressive but funnier in the context of the story.
Amazing stunts in this film. Buster using the railroad guard to get off the roof onto a moving car. The motorcycle going over a gap in the bridge filled by two moving trucks in opposite directions. That’s him on the motorcycle. 😮What planning that had to take. Plus he would double others when doing falls, such as his friend falling backwards off the motorcycle when they hit a divot in the road. That’s Buster doing the fall with someone else on the handlebars. One of the all time greats 😊
He was an incredible director, actor, and stuntman. We remember him well for his death defying acrobatic feats, but he didn't need any of that to hold our attention. Just look at the final scene. No stunts. Just Buster and his incredible, beautiful, and expressive face.
I busted out laughing when the large man found his wallet in the trash with a thick wad of money. Such a wonderfully ironic follow-up to Buster having to give back one found dollar, then another, then getting to keep a little dignity and hope with the last dollar only to learn that he almost got (for him) rich, and the man in effect took back from Buster something he never had, but which was far more than the first two returns. The richness of reversals in this routine reminds me of a spy vs. spy comic, where any attempt to anticipate the reversal you've learned to expect in the final panel is undermined by a radically different reversal, or rapid series of them, which you couldn't possibly have guessed.
I haven't seen like him even in our ages ...The greatest stunner is Here.... Why people talk about Charley Chaplin more then Him while he is the top at all events and acts.... The legend is here
Joe Keaton (2:19) was Buster's father; Buster was age 29 the year this was filmed. Ward Crane (3:42) died age 38 in 1928. Clever editing with the movie scenes (17:25)
another brillant men ... "the most talented comic genius of all time Buster Keaton fell prey to the Hollywood Studio system machinery in 1930s which curbed his artistic freedom, leading to alcoholism and ultimately completely destroyed not only his career but also his life." thank you for this upload!
Carlos DeNe...But that was not the end of his career! He went on to television, even had a television show of his own for a time! He was given a long standing ovation at a big film festival (sorry, I missed which one), and finally got the marriage thing right. So he actually got a pretty happy ending.
His expressions at the end when he kept looking up at the screen for cues.....such a wonderful little piece of comic acting. And the young Buster (he was 29 here) was DREAMY !
Dreamy... literally.
Am I the only one who sees a 1920s Jim Parsons?
"On the spectrum" before that was even a term... :)
i would not call it little since at that time it was revolutionair and it's still being funny today
Never seen that part before. Wonderful.
I expected Buster Keaton to be great -- and he was -- but I didn't expect that the movie would hold up so well. The story, the special effects, the movie-within-a-movie concept...it was all very well done. And the acting was much better, much more natural, than I expected. I can't wait to see more of this great, great filmmaker.
If you ever have the chance, find a silent theater to go watch his films. There are dedicated silent theaters in many places, and if not, it's often done as a special piece here or there, often at film festivals. GO. Watching Keaton is incredible, watching it on the big screen, with actual live music as it would've been back then is a unique experience.
The amount of creativity and effort that went into making this masterpiece (especially in the stunts, cinematography & editing) is just beyond brilliant even for today's standards.
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I was thinking the exact same thing while watching
and all in 45 minutes, no cgi or no wasted second
A book called Camerman has just been released in paperback. I just heard the author's interview on radio show Fresh Air. Her insights and depth of research stimulate me to look more deeply into this brilliant creative man.
Wow just realizing I'm watching this for the first time in 2024, exactly 100 years after it was made and it's great! I'm 37 and I've heard the name Buster Keaton years ago and knew he was from the Charlie Chaplin era. But now, thanks to also starting to watch the original Twilight Zone series for the first time and seeing him in an episode, I started to dive into him and his work and I'm just gobsmacked. Beyond my expectations of pratfalls and slapstick, I discover this guy is an athletic daredevil of pure genius. I find myself mind-boggled at how they could have done some of the stunts. I have to do a double take and still can't comprehend it. And I'm just in awe of the creativity. I can't wait to see more.
The ability to make people laugh for 100 years has got to be the definition of immortality.
The ghost hat at 18:27 is one of those brilliant little touches that Keaton wove so expertly between the bigger gags and the wild stunts.
Nice to see so many people appreciate his brilliance.
Absolutely amazing movie. Can't believe this was made almost 100 years ago.
It was now made 100 years ago
So creative. A wonderful artform. This is timeless. He is priceless. They don't make'em like this anymore
At 15:28, Keaton broke his neck when the impact of the water slammed him onto the train tracks. He didn't know about that injury for several years.
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This is just wow
Oh no! He’s injured
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Aww that is such a sweet ending to this wonderful wonderful movie. Keaton is timeless, brilliant and timeless.
18:47 onwards: Meta-cinematic genius. Years ahead of its time.
It's crazy a hundred years ago
Lol Buster jumps into a silent film in a silent film
Then again, somehow I feel that when a new art-form evolves, creators tend to be very free and experimental. Maybe we develop patterns over time, from which it is very hard to break free? Maybe there's also an increasing pressure on creators as an art becomes more and more popular and thus more a business.
Of course, there are many great, creative and experimental directors, actors etc. still working today. However, they get easily drowned by the noise today, they are harder to find. So probably it's also that, the creators of the past were so great innovative, because they were the only ones and because there was no predefined assumptions, of how a movie works.
Anyway, went a bit sideways here. Basically I was reflecting on your statement, "years ahead of its time", and wether I' agree with the implied notion, that the crazy ideas grow over time. :)
Well in the end, it's a great scene and this is most important, that we all can enjoy it.
Cathal, I concur. The framing story is cringe and flat at times, but we enter the dynamic ground once Keaton goes charging through the fourth wall.
I was stunned the first time I saw this scene
The stunts and cinematography were just phenomenal! Buster was hilarious!
A new found love of Buster Keaton. How on earth did he do it? I also understand that most of his stunts were done in one take. Crazy genius.
The man. The artist, writer, director, cinematographer, the comic, the genius, the LEGEND✨🌟
Buster Keaton was a comedy genius. Even today this still holds up. Nice one whoever you are for putting it up.
My favorite Keaton film. Always will have a special place in my heart.
So why is this movie so much more fun to watch than movies of today? Sheesh, it was 100 years ago.
One of the best silent comedy films ever👌
Buster Keaton is the GOAT.
And Sherlock Jr and Steamboat bill Jr and the cameraman and the railrodder
I'm so glad my Dad showed me these as a kid. If I one day have children, I will have these on hand to raise them on the classics.
And this kids, is 'Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat'. It's about 30 seconds long, and many people paid good money to see it! It started the Train Cinematic Universe!
No I'm serious, this 30 second silent film of a train arriving got shown in many early theatres, and many sequels were made.
@@JonathanSmith-ge4piPeople back then got horrified by it too. They thought that a train was actually coming towards them
I'm Indonesian born in 91. I feel like this is treasure and for march 2021 this is my new achievment.
Perfect work. All the actions and comical scenes. His work will never fade.
Wolfgang made me look this movie. Loved it.
Too cute. Still nowadays! Moved me to tears and laughter! Sweetest, hilarious, melancholic Buster!
The changing scenes in the film within the film, brilliant!
Buster is my favorite silent actor.
This film was made by genius. Incredible creativity.
26:41 that whole sequence with the pool balls is insane.
How many takes ? o_O
Yeah. After that first shot I was like, "That's one in a million"..and then he does two more shots right after ..with no editing in between.
Buster practiced his pool skills extensively before shooting that scene. He'd dust the pool balls with talcum-powder so they'd leave visible tracks across the table, then study the tracks until he had a masterful grasp of pool ball physics.
@@Busterkeatonrules they don’t make em like that anymore.
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Name checks out 😂
Among other talents, I did'nt know he was a master pool player.
An amazing man.
I haven't laugh this much for years now. Great movie. Their expressions are so natural. Comedy of the highest degree.
Hands up who's watching and loving this film made 100 years ago 1924 - 2024 ♥
Genius. What more can be said. Recently, Several biographies of Keaton have been published. Highly recommended.
Happy 100th years to the silent comedies cinema at its finest🎉🎉
This is so much better than CGI. Much creativity is gone in search of huge profits...
thank you, I was laughing almost straight through the whole thing. what a brilliant film. 98 years old
Happy 100 years to Sherlock Jr, the best Buster Keaton Film imo!
Buster Keaton was a genius. He performed most of those stunts.
I didn't appreciate Buster Keaton when I was young and he was alive as Who's The Funny Man. Heard he did silent films an never knew he wrote and directed also in them..he was a pioneer and marvelous.
Just completed watching this 100 years old movie… What a masterpeice of a movie
Just brilliant! Hats off to you Buster! 👏 (and nice to see your Dad, Joe Keaton in that film!) xx
I love the perfect dropkick that Buster Keaton pulled. 39:09
This is 4th on my list of greatest films ever made - it's that good
What are the top three? :D
@@He_Edids 3. Tokyo Story / 2. Citizen Kane / 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
Keaton makes his dash across the top of a moving freight train look so easy one can forget that this stunt had two possible outcomes: either he succeeded or got killed. As it was, he suffered a slight break in a cervical vertebra when the downspout landed him on the rails.
This is just wonderful in every way. . . Absolute joy to watch. . .
The timing is insane with the action scenes. The jump into the case is a mind blower.
this was the cutest movie i've ever seen in my life
Watching this movie after 99 years !!!!
Stunning slice of perfection
I cherish these far more than modern times
Ward Crane was born in 1890.Died in 1928 by pneumonia. When he was just 38 years old. R. I. P. For him.
21:00 Impressive editing for the time period
Impressive editing? Really? Sure, it was pretty hard, but it wouldn't have been too much different from modern days. The real challenge would be sitting in the same pose. Although, in my head, I'm imagining Buster Keaton just in a newsroom with a pair of scissors, and a measuring tape just like:
DAMN, a millimetre too soon! Johnny get the camera out, we have to refilm it!
Johnny: Sir, we don't have any film!
Keaton: Well, we'll need a good few dozen metres, we have to refilm half of it!
@@BondJFK When I said 'wouldn't have been too much different from modern days' I meant in difficulty, although now I've got a video editor I realise it's very easy to just do a cut, and probably much easier than getting some scissors, and glue out, but given some of the effects Keaton did, that certainly wouldn't have been the hardest.
What a brilliant movie by a brilliant actor /director that is BK for all times to come.
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊👌
What a genius! My favourite of all time
Absolutely brilliant! One great moment after another!
Great performance of the score! Fantastic film - surprised I have not seen it before. Slow getting started, but lives up to its reputation.
I love this film! It was the first Keaton film I saw and I was amazed in every way.
That was fantastic. This is talent and ingenuity, not the garbage shoveled on TV and social media.
39:12 That has got to be the best drop-kick in cinema history.
That ending is a fine irony.
I don't know where to start. It's an incredibly creative movie up there with genius. The women's fashion is tops. When he opens the car door in the water hahaha.
It's good to know that this film came out shortly after " Sherlock Holmes, " starring John Barrymore
Keaton liked to parody other film genres and pop culture archetypes, for instance his version of William S Hart's cowboy persona in The Frozen North.
The plot develops so organically, it's so refreshing.
Edit: 26:40 OKAY WHAT
Not stunt double ... an good pool player ... An genius with much sadness .... He was much original
happy 100 years to this masterpiece!!!!!!!
Everyone talks about the ending of "City Lights (rightfully so, of course) but this ending is just as good. maybe the music does it for me.
This is a great score, but give Buster his due.
Buster Keaton even looks like Sherlock Holmes himself. 🙂
Never knew this was actually good to watch🤔
I love this one. What a great film, and clever comedy by Keaton as well. Keaton was an excellent gag artist as well as a genius at the physical comedy as well. I love how it is titled Sherlock Jr :)
I've seen a bunch of the stunts in compilations, but never the whole movie before. Didn't realize it was so charming. And the stunts are still impressive but funnier in the context of the story.
Those are the movies of wonder produced with bare minimum technology. No one can produce such movies now.
Bin wg Die Filmanalyse hier gelandet. Wer noch?
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Such an excellent silent film
Such a handsome fella
Sensational. So much imagination, such emotion and so many laughs. I am now a Buster Keaton movie fan. 😀
that ending was so sweet
Amazing stunts in this film. Buster using the railroad guard to get off the roof onto a moving car. The motorcycle going over a gap in the bridge filled by two moving trucks in opposite directions. That’s him on the motorcycle. 😮What planning that had to take. Plus he would double others when doing falls, such as his friend falling backwards off the motorcycle when they hit a divot in the road. That’s Buster doing the fall with someone else on the handlebars. One of the all time greats 😊
Hey you can update your description now. This video has gone into the public domain now this year :D
He was an incredible director, actor, and stuntman. We remember him well for his death defying acrobatic feats, but he didn't need any of that to hold our attention. Just look at the final scene. No stunts. Just Buster and his incredible, beautiful, and expressive face.
Buster Keaton is one of the greatest!
The fact that I, a 90's baby, found this hilarious is a testament
A gem like this makes me a little sorry they invented sound pictures.
one of the most impressive ending scene ever
For future reference: PLAYBACK SPEED x .75 makes all these old silent films more realistic :)
le maître incontestable de l'enchaînement d'actions, du timing et la surprise !
I busted out laughing when the large man found his wallet in the trash with a thick wad of money. Such a wonderfully ironic follow-up to Buster having to give back one found dollar, then another, then getting to keep a little dignity and hope with the last dollar only to learn that he almost got (for him) rich, and the man in effect took back from Buster something he never had, but which was far more than the first two returns. The richness of reversals in this routine reminds me of a spy vs. spy comic, where any attempt to anticipate the reversal you've learned to expect in the final panel is undermined by a radically different reversal, or rapid series of them, which you couldn't possibly have guessed.
Love this analysis
Die Filmanalyse brought me here
Thank you for posting this masterpiece.
I watched this in my film class, such a funny film!
This movie shows his genius.
It’s good to check up on this banger from time to time 👍
I haven't seen like him even in our ages ...The greatest stunner is Here.... Why people talk about Charley Chaplin more then Him while he is the top at all events and acts.... The legend is here
*him.
Excellent.
I really get wonder to this masterpitch.
Unbelievable Talent
Joe Keaton (2:19) was Buster's father; Buster was age 29 the year this was filmed. Ward Crane (3:42) died age 38 in 1928. Clever editing with the movie scenes (17:25)
Not to sound pedantic, but *Buster Keaton* (b. *October 4, 1895)* was *28* when *_Sherlock Jr._* was released on *April 21, 1924.*
very creative ideas for a movie from 1924... i was amazed to watch some pretty ingenious techniques.
another brillant men ... "the most talented comic genius of all time Buster Keaton fell prey to the Hollywood Studio system machinery in 1930s which curbed his artistic freedom, leading to alcoholism and ultimately completely destroyed not only his career but also his life."
thank you for this upload!
Carlos DeNe...But that was not the end of his career! He went on to television, even had a television show of his own for a time! He was given a long standing ovation at a big film festival (sorry, I missed which one), and finally got the marriage thing right. So he actually got a pretty happy ending.
Now u am become a buster Keaton s fan.
There's a wonderful piece in the New Yorker this month by Adam Gopnik. Worth a look for Buster fans.
Wow, what a film for its time , & his others. BK was the G.O.A.T.
Incredible shot at 38:38