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Programme 03 · The Silent Room
Sherlock Jr.
Directed by Buster Keaton
A projectionist dreams himself into the film he is showing. The screen becomes a door, then a cliff, then a very literal problem.
Screening note
Forty-five minutes of pure cinema about cinema. The transition from audience to image is still a magic trick.
ComedyFantasy
“A man walks into the screen and the screen walks back.”
Public-domain cinema. This prototype does not host or stream the film. A production build would resolve playback through a licensed, region-aware provider.
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