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Sherlock Jr + Cops (U)

Silent Film & Live Music

,Cinema 1
Sherlock Jr

Hilarious sight gags and jaw-dropping stunt work in a double-bill of Buster Keaton comedies, screened with live piano from John Sweeney.

Though clocking in at under an hour, Sherlock Jr (1924) is the match of any of Keaton’s feature-length films, with an ingenious central conceit that doubles as a reflection on cinema itself. In it, he plays a dreamy projectionist who one day falls asleep on the job, leaves his body, and walks into the screen and into the film he is projecting.

Rhyming the surreal with the Kafkaesque, we screen Sherlock Jr with the earlier Cops (1922) in which Keaton, mistaken for a bomb-throwing anarchist, is chased across LA by hordes of police officers – the very image of an unfairly pursued hero vs the implacable faceless forces of authority.

Tagged with: Cinema Silent Film & Live Music

With live piano accompaniment by John Sweeney.

US, 1924, dir Buster Keaton, 45min, Digital projection

US, 1922, dirs Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, 20min, Digital projection

Presented in association with MimeLondon.

Ticket prices

Standard
£15.50
* Excludes £1.50 booking fee

Booking fees

£1.50 booking fee per online/phone transaction.

No fee when tickets are booked in person.

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Cinema 1

Location
Barbican Cinema 1 is located within the main Barbican building on Level -2. Head to Level G and walk towards the Lakeside Terrace where you’ll find stairs and lifts to take you down to the venue floor.   

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.