Sherlock, Jr. (1924)

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Sherlock Jr.

“Keaton’s learning curve was immensely quick. Only a year after Our Hospitality showed his artistic triumphs in the infant stages, Sherlock Jr. comes out and demonstrates that he is now at the top of his craft. At roughly forty-five minutes in length, which is both too brief and just right, Sherlock Jr. may just, objectively speaking, be the greatest film in all of his filmography.

It’s certainly the most avant-garde. While many of his films may dip their toes into surrealistic images or make you think you’re hallucinating what you’re seeing, this one actually is a surrealistic, hallucinatory journey through the imagination. It’s also a love letter to cinema in many ways.

Keaton is a love-sick film projectionist who daydreams of becoming a world class detective” read more

Silent Perfection

“Sherlock Jr is the perfect showcase for the genius that is Buster Keaton, upon viewing all his silent features, not only can I rank this as my favourite film of his, but also my favourite silent movie of all time, I doubt I will ever see another silent movie as fun, thrilling or mind blowing as this.

Sherlock Jr. centers around a film projectionist/wannabe detective (Keaton), whom when falling asleep on the job, dreams about going inside a movie screen and living out his fantasy of being a detective.

The term 'ahead of it's time' may get thrown around a lot, but I believe Sherlock Jr. is truly deserving of this title. The aforementioned sequence of Keaton's character entering a movie screen features some groundbreaking special effects which did have me questioning how t” read more