The Master of the World: Buster Keaton ③ Review of Representative Works — “Our Hospitality” (1923) and “Sherlock Jr.” (1924)
〈Sherlock Jr.〉 wasn’t an awkward 44-minute runtime; otherwise, it would easily rank among the cinema’s greatest masterpieces.
Slapstick motion without end within the frame,〈Our Hospitality〉(1923)Willie McCay heads back to his hometown to inherit the land. The railroad tracks are a mess, and even the dam collapses—he forges ahead through a perilous route.
