Monday, June 18

Daydreams (1922)

director credits to Buster Keaton & Edward Cline

This short comedy film had a small handful of straight-faced Keatonesque gags:
1) the coordinated throw & catch of a bouquet,
2) the scores of policemen who suddenly but implausibly emerge from a tram, and
3) the shenanigans at the fire escape involving Buster & two policemen.

Otherwise, it was not very good. The protagonist's resolve to either succeed or opt for suicide by revolver is immoral (this implicates his lover & her father as well, who were willing participants).

I watched a 20 minute (approx.) version of "Daydreams" on a Divx file on a 15" laptop display/monitor without any audio. Image on top-right is from "Sherlock Holmes, Jr."