Today's sharing of mushrooms to introduce you to a silent film master, Buster Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966), born in Piqui, Kansas, usa, american silent film era actor and director, known as "cold face laugher".
He existed at the same time as Chaplin and was forgotten in chaplin's light, but it is undeniable that his works are also masterpieces precipitated by time.
As one of the leaders of the silent film era, Buster Keaton has a lot of similarities with Chaplin in clothing and image, which is not deliberately imitated and copied, under the trend of silent film, all actors are finding flashes from other opponents, some similarities are normal, Buster Keaton also has abilities that others do not have, the following is detailed.
Today, I watched the silent film "Sherlock Holmes II" starring him, and as one of his several well-known works, this film shows his strength to the fullest.
Sherlock Holmes II is a self-directed action comedy by Buster Keaton, released in the United States on April 21, 1924. The film tells the wonderful story of a young film projectionist who carries a black cauldron for his lover, but in a desperate time, he walks into the screen from his dream and becomes the famous Detective Sherlock Holmes II to punish his lover.
Among the many kinds of movie posters, the sharing fungus likes the american version of the poster, this poster can best show the handsome appearance and hard work of Buster Keaton, "Sherlock Holmes II" is a silent film of only 45 minutes, a silent silent film to amuse the audience, the setting of comedy baggage and the use of body language are very important, in this Douban score of 9.5 high score film, Keaton himself sacrificed very much. If he had directed other actors to perform this play, perhaps no one else would have dared to pick it up.
In the early stages of the film, Keaton saw that the lover took advantage of the girl, and stepped on the banana peel he threw down in anger, which was both unexpected and reasonable from the setting. Keaton made the bad not enough to choke himself, the audience knew that someone was going to fall, but did not expect that keaton who stumbled under the trip fell himself, this unimaginable laugh point had to admire Keaton's idea. From the actor's point of view, Keaton's fall is really not light, after the back fell, he also deliberately twisted his neck, for the comedic effect really dared to fight, this point Chaplin really can't compare.
The scene of Keaton running on the train and pulling down the water pipe is even more thrilling, although considering that the two methods of speed regulation and borrowing can reduce the risk, but the feeling of such a big faucet rushing down is really unimaginable.
One of the two favorite points of the film is that Keaton enters the screen after falling asleep in the picture below, and as the accompaniment changes at the bottom, the picture also shuttles before various scenes, which is a completely unreasonable and funny way that comedy directors do not know how to learn from now.
Another point that sharing mushrooms likes is the chase part at the end, Keaton discovers the fact that the love enemy is stealing, but the other party is crowded, Keaton encounters a helper when he escapes, and Keaton sitting on the handlebar has passed many scenes like this, which really makes people worry about whether they will fall.
Originally sitting on the handlebars and riding a motorcycle is already very dangerous, in order to increase the funny effect and let people throw dirt on themselves, can only be said to be really fateful.
By sharing the above description of the fungus, you must have discovered Keaton's film style, full of creativity and hardship, integrating comedy movies with action elements, and adding danger to the laughter of comedy. This style is not seen in other films, and Keaton won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 32nd Academy Awards in 1960 for his many film productions.
The movie is only 45 minutes long, so why not find a time to get to know Batt Keaton?