Buster Keaton’s Sherlock, Jr. with live score by Blue Grassy Knoll

Name: Buster Keaton’s Sherlock, Jr. with live score by Blue Grassy Knoll
Start: 2025-03-06T19:30:00+11:00
End: 2025-03-06T21:15:00+11:00
Location: 15 Childers St, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2601

Schedule

Thu Mar 06 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:15 pm

UTC+11:00

Location

15 Childers St, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2601 | Canberra, CT

In recreating the silent movie experience, the Blue Grassy Knoll perform their original music, live along with classic films by Buster Keaton. For over 19 years, they have performed around the world and continue to delight audiences with their compelling and humorous scores.
"The musicianship and charisma of the players is brilliant."
Rolling Stone
Blue Grassy Knoll pair their comic (and musical) timing to the onscreen works of Buster Keaton with three banjo-fuelled live scores for Sherlock, Jr., One Week and Cops.
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Sherlock, Jr.
A cinema projectionist (Buster Keaton) who reads-up on how to be a detective in his spare time finds himself knee-deep in a mystery when he is accused of a crime he didn’t commit. Framed and shamed in front of the woman he is besotted by; he retreats to a cinematic dreamworld where he can flex his detective muscle. Upon its release, Sherlock Jr was considered a commercial and critical disappointment. Today it's revered as one of the great silent comedies.
One Week
A 1920 American two-reel silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton, the first independent film production he released on his own.
The story involves a newlywed couple who receive a kit house as a wedding gift. The instructions describe how to construct the house by assembling materials in numbered packing crates. During a housewarming party on Friday the 13th, a storm spins the house and its occupants around like a merry-go-round.
Cops
A 1922 American two-reel silent comedy film about a young man (Buster Keaton) who accidentally gets on the bad side of the entire Los Angeles Police Department during a parade and is chased all over town. It was written and directed by Edward F. Cline and Keaton. This very Kafka-esque film was filmed during the rape-and-murder trial of Fatty Arbuckle, a circumstance that may have influenced the short's tone of hopeless ensnarement.