SHERLOCK JR. (1924) & EASY STREET (1917)
Restored silent comedies with live music (Graeme Costin), 75 minutes.
Tickets: $25/$20
General seating - not reserved or numbered
(T 0419 267 318)
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
“Keaton’s genius with its usual grace and visual wit rewards the audience in one of the greatest screen comedies of all time. Buster plays a projectionist, studying to be a detective, who falls asleep and dreams he’s the star of a movie about a crime-busting detective. This influential film with its non-stop gags and illusions allows Keaton to perform his scintillating and near-inexplicable stunts, one of which nearly cost him his life.
Technically inventive and pushing special effects to their limit, the film displays Buster’s full range of astonishing talents as a comedic performer and director. Critics acclaimed him as a master of movement and stillness in his unique comedy style that was as intellectual as it was physical. The critics and audiences marvelled at Buster’s master class in making a comedy that has perpetual motion at its heart and innovations galore, from stepping into a movie screen and becoming part of that movie in order to bring his fantasies to life to the final chase, unmatched in cinema. Buster manipulates simple objects and movement in casually complex ways to generate a steadily rising gale of laughter. Sherlock Jr. is movie perfection itself.”
Easy Street (1917)
This short is superb in its balancing of comedy with a social heart. The Tramp becomes a cop whose assigned patrol is Easy Street a violent no-go area. 107 years on, Charlie captures us as he goes on his rounds and defeats the lawless attackers amidst inventive gags and stunts. The humour is effective but the film possesses sadness on occasion as the story weaves its magic in an environment depicting poverty and social dysfunction. At the conclusion, the efforts of the Tramp have brought some cohesion and warmth to Easy Street.
Tickets: $25/$20
General seating - not reserved or numbered
(T 0419 267 318)
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
“Keaton’s genius with its usual grace and visual wit rewards the audience in one of the greatest screen comedies of all time. Buster plays a projectionist, studying to be a detective, who falls asleep and dreams he’s the star of a movie about a crime-busting detective. This influential film with its non-stop gags and illusions allows Keaton to perform his scintillating and near-inexplicable stunts, one of which nearly cost him his life.
Technically inventive and pushing special effects to their limit, the film displays Buster’s full range of astonishing talents as a comedic performer and director. Critics acclaimed him as a master of movement and stillness in his unique comedy style that was as intellectual as it was physical. The critics and audiences marvelled at Buster’s master class in making a comedy that has perpetual motion at its heart and innovations galore, from stepping into a movie screen and becoming part of that movie in order to bring his fantasies to life to the final chase, unmatched in cinema. Buster manipulates simple objects and movement in casually complex ways to generate a steadily rising gale of laughter. Sherlock Jr. is movie perfection itself.”
Easy Street (1917)
This short is superb in its balancing of comedy with a social heart. The Tramp becomes a cop whose assigned patrol is Easy Street a violent no-go area. 107 years on, Charlie captures us as he goes on his rounds and defeats the lawless attackers amidst inventive gags and stunts. The humour is effective but the film possesses sadness on occasion as the story weaves its magic in an environment depicting poverty and social dysfunction. At the conclusion, the efforts of the Tramp have brought some cohesion and warmth to Easy Street.
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If you are feeling unwell, please do not enter the venue.
The latest NSW Government advice about COVID can be accessed at https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19.
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Roseville Uniting Church
7 Lord Street, ROSEVILLE NSW 2069
Short walk from Roseville Station - eastern side.
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