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scifirenegade) wrote2025-07-05 06:19 pm
scifirenegade) wrote2025-07-05 06:19 pm
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Saw all of the Fatty Arbuckle + Buster Keaton shorts.
They got better as they went on, but never to the point of genius. Usually ranged from "decent and harmless" to "JUST END ALREADY!". There's quite a lot of racism and misogyny, most notably in the "JUST END ALREADY!" category. The decent and harmless had some clever gags. Arbuckle can juggle knives like it's nothing.
As the shorts go on, Keaton's roles(s) get more prominent (I think it was his second short, he shows up for half a minute as a beggar. By the last short he's Arbuckle's sidekick.)
My favourites were The Bell Boy, The Cook, Back Stage and The Garage. (I didn't dislike Coney Island, it does have Keaton in a lifeguard outfit doing standing backflips and a very funny camera gag.)
Let's see what Ingmar Bergman film I'll watch now. Yesterday I saw Persona, which was good (don't ask me what it's about though).
They got better as they went on, but never to the point of genius. Usually ranged from "decent and harmless" to "JUST END ALREADY!". There's quite a lot of racism and misogyny, most notably in the "JUST END ALREADY!" category. The decent and harmless had some clever gags. Arbuckle can juggle knives like it's nothing.
As the shorts go on, Keaton's roles(s) get more prominent (I think it was his second short, he shows up for half a minute as a beggar. By the last short he's Arbuckle's sidekick.)
My favourites were The Bell Boy, The Cook, Back Stage and The Garage. (I didn't dislike Coney Island, it does have Keaton in a lifeguard outfit doing standing backflips and a very funny camera gag.)
Let's see what Ingmar Bergman film I'll watch now. Yesterday I saw Persona, which was good (don't ask me what it's about though).
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XD All interpretations are valid, that's the beauty of it, right? And I think that many of his movies are like that!
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Certainly! Watched Through a Glass Darkly and, while a little more conventional, it still feels like it can be read a few different ways.
(Riten was a little too thick for me, didn't watch it in full. I scheduled a recording for Autumn Sonata and The Magic Flute, so those are next.)
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Yes!
So many recs!
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Knocking out women to kiss them is fine, don't you know! The racist version ending to Coney is really bad.
Not forgetting animal cruelty. I watched all the Keaton star shorts last year and yeah that horse was as thin as I remember.
I did like all the they wouldn't let you do that now stunts and Keaton's artful pratfalls though.
Alas mr other side kick guy he didn't last long when Keaton came along.
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I'm always saying this lol. (He was, indeed, fabulous. What an entrance!)
It's honestly impressive how unlikeable Fatty (the character) is. He's as bad as the rival/sidekick guy! (Who's not really funny though) Guess I got lucky with Coney Island, 'cause the ending was just Arbuckle and *checks notes* St. John chasing women.
Poor horsies. I'm also wondering the horrors the dog went through to make him climb ladders.
Keaton is just built differently!
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Yeah, it wasn't good for the dog either:(
I've seen about three Ingmar Bergman films because that was all they had at the library. And can't remember much.
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XD
(Apparently he was Arbuckle's pet?? A pet! You do that to a pet??)
RE Bergman: The atmosphere is off the charts. The premium film channel aired a few of his films, so watching everything I can catch.
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Yikes, Arbuckle's really not coming across as a nice man.
My memories are so fuzzy but The atmosphere is off the charts. is the big quote for a film poster.
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About the dog: I completely forgot that he shows up in The Scarecrow (also going up a ladder). He also eats pie... oh dear...
Every film with ~ atmosphere ~ should have a pister with that quote, yes lol
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