The Masters of Silence series —
Doclab is proud to present Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid and Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr.
Among the best works of the two masters, the films also stand as the finest examples of silent comedy.
Charlie Chaplin has been a household name since his persona The Tramp hit the movie screen. In The Kid, the Tramp finds and cares for an abandoned child, but events put that relationship in jeopardy.
Perhaps slightly less well-known but no less respected than Chaplin, Buster Keaton was another comic genius of the silent era. In Sherlock Jr., he is a film projectionist who longs to be a detective. As fate would have it, he is accused of stealing a watch from his lover’s home. Discouraged and heartbroken, he returns to the theater. What will he do next?
*This showing is part of the Master of Silence series, a new film series focusing on silent cinema.
In turn, the series belong to a new screening program at Doclab. The program includes topics such as: Cinema & Literature; Aspects of Filmmaking, and Auteur.
When: 7:00 PM, Wednesday, January 27th, 2016.
Where: Halle room, Goethe Institute, 56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học, Ba Đình, Hanoi.
The program includes:
– The Kid (1921, Charlie Chaplin)
– Sherlock Jr. (1924, Buster Keaton)
From 7/ 2015, free entrance to Doclab’s screenings will be limited to registered membership cardholders only. A symbolic admission fee of 20,000VND will be applied to non-members.
Membership cards are available to purchase before and after each screening and during our office hours. There are two kinds of membership at Hanoi Doclab:
– Screening Membership Card: 100,000 VND/ year
– Full Membership Card (with added benefit of on-site access to our film library): 150,000 VND/ year.
Donations are encouraged and will go to Hanoi DocLab’s not-for-profit educational programs.
Duration: 99 minutes. Followed by discussion.
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