A LIVE "Anything But Silent" Event!
Buster Keaton in SHERLOCK JR. (1924) &
THE GOAT (1921)
featuring Live
Piano Accompaniment by BEN MODEL from home!
Live Streaming on Tuesday,
June 15th at 7:30 PM ET!
General Admission is Pay-What-You-Want! – Click "Buy
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Buster Keaton stars as a
movie projectionist who dreams himself into the film he's showing in one of the
funniest, most imaginative, and surreal comedies of the silent era.
Buster
Keaton’s
sublime comedy about reality and illusion, in which projectionist Buster
literally dreams himself into the detective movie he’s screening is considered
one of his finest works. Buster stars as a movie projectionist/janitor who
dreams of being a detective, and impressing the girl he loves. When Buster
dreams himself into the film he's showing, he is propelled into a visual
wonderland where real life and fantasy come crashing together. Sherlock Jr. was Keaton’s 3rd
feature-length film as an independent after switching to the longer format
following a series of brilliant 2-reelers in the early 1920s. The film was
innovative in its technical mastery, its surreal explosion of cinematic space,
and its wonderfully pure zaniness. (USA,
1924, 49 min., NR, Silent with English intertitles | Dir. Buster Keaton)
In The Goat, Buster
goes from Forgotten Man to Most Wanted when his photograph is mistakenly
circulated as that of an escaped criminal in one of his funniest and wildest
short films. (USA, 1921, 21 min. Silent |
Dir. Buster Keaton)
Ben Model is one of America’s leading silent film accompanists, and has been playing piano and organ for silent films at the New York MoMA since 1984 and the CAC since 2006. Since March 16th, 2020, Ben has been hosting a weekly live-streamed silent film show from his living room, “The Silent Comedy Watch Party.” Click here to visit Ben's YouTube page!
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