{"id":712,"date":"2022-02-22T21:09:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T21:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/100\/?p=712"},"modified":"2022-02-22T21:09:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T21:09:40","slug":"the-boat-1921","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/100\/2022\/02\/22\/the-boat-1921\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boat (1921)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In The Boat<\/em>, Buster Keaton builds a boat and goes to sea.<\/p>\n

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The Boat<\/em> is one of those Buster Keaton films with no real plot, but a scenario (in this case: a boat!) subjected to an ever escalating series of set pieces exploring pretty much every possible avenue of amusement available, utilising elaborate sets, clever camera work, some clever sight gags, and also a pun that took me almost a minute to understand (due to my inability to understand puns, or indeed to pronounce the name of his boat in a way even vaguely compatible with the pun). It’s pretty good.<\/p>\n

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Notes<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> I watched this on blu-ray, and grabbed the screenshots from this version on youtube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> That’s the same version that’s in the box set, which is five minutes longer than loads of the other versions on youtube.<\/em><\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> I have no idea what bits they’re missing.<\/em><\/p>\n

4.<\/strong> Anyway, 27 minutes is very long for these Buster Keaton films really.<\/em><\/p>\n

5.<\/strong> At least 5 minutes longer than usual.<\/em><\/p>\n

6.<\/strong> While I was watching this I thought that it’d make a good sequel to One Week<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

7.<\/strong> In that in that one Buster builds a house and everything goes wrong, and in this he builds a boat and everything goes wrong.<\/em><\/p>\n

8.<\/strong> And Sybil Seely’s back in it as his wife.<\/em><\/p>\n

9.<\/strong> Then I read on wikipedia<\/a> that it was actually intended to be a sequel to One Week<\/em><\/p>\n

10.<\/strong> But then they forgot to ever say.<\/em><\/p>\n

11.<\/strong> Also is this the first film in which Buster Keaton’s had children? I think it is. <\/em><\/p>\n

12.<\/strong> Anyway, he appears to be a disastrous father.<\/em><\/p>\n

13.<\/strong> But at least none of them die.<\/em>
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Film Information<\/p>\n

Title: <\/strong>The Boat<\/em>
\nDirectors:<\/strong> Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline<\/em>
\nYear:<\/strong> 1921<\/em>
\nDuration:<\/strong> 27 minutes<\/em>
\nWatch:<\/strong> youtube<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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