SUNDAY, April 10

Monday, April 4

Buster and Beckett: "Sherlock Jr." (1925, b&w, 53 min.) & "Film" (1964, b&w, 25 min.)
7:30 p.m., Firehouse Theatre, Free Admission

A unique pairing and a must-see for Keaton and Beckett fans—Buster Keaton in his very own "Sherlock Jr." arguably the best short feature he did, and 40 years later in the rarely seen "Film," playwright Samuel Beckett's only screenplay, directed by Alan Schneider. "Sherlock Jr." demonstrates Keaton at the height of his powers, physically and aesthetically, while "Film" reveals a tired and almost forgotten Keaton, but a stalwart professional to the end, in Beckett's absurdist endgame where reality and identity are tied finally to the camera/eye perspective, a kind of "I see therefore I am." Introduction by Trent Nicholas and Michael Jones, Film Studies, Department of Art History, Virginia Commonwealth University.
The Modern Word's Samuel Beckett Web site
International Buster Keaton Society