航海家 (1924)

Wealthy Rollo Treadway (Buster Keaton) suddenly decides to propose to his neighbor across the street, Betsy OBrien (Kathryn McGuire), and sends his servant to book passage for a honeymoon sea cruise to Honolulu. When Betsy rejects his sudden offer however, he decides to go on the trip anyway, boarding without delay that night. Because the pier number is partially covered, he ends up on the wrong ship, the Navigator, which Betsys rich father (Frederick Vroom) has just sold to a small country at war.Agents for the other small nation in the conflict decide to set the ship adrift that same night. When Betsys father checks up on the ship, he is captured and tied up by the saboteurs. Betsy hears his cry for help and boards the ship to look for him, just before it is cut loose.The Navigator drifts out into the Pacific Ocean. The two unwitting passengers eventually find each other. At first, they have great difficulty looking after themselves, but adapt after a few weeks. At one point, they sight a navy ship and hoist a brightly-colored flag, not realizing it signals that the ship is under quarantine. As a result, the other vessel turns away.Finally, the ship grounds itself near an inhabited tropical island and springs a leak. While Rollo dons a deep sea diving suit and submerges to patch the hole, the black natives canoe out and take Betsy captive. When Rollo emerges from the ocean, the natives are scared off, enabling him to rescue Betsy and take her back to the ship. The natives return and try to board the ship. After a fierce struggle, Rollo and Betsy try to escape in a small dinghy. It starts to sink, and the natives swiftly overtake them in their canoes. Just when all seems lost, a navy submarine surfaces right underneath them and they are saved. 没有tinting导致进船舱开灯的动作完全失效。（MoMA也没有觉得有必要讲一下吗？）第一次听Ben Model，无比佩服他对默片/档案的热情和学识，策展很厉害，即兴发挥也很熟稔，但他的配乐对我来说还是过于稳重了呢（#第二部基顿# 相比忧郁而富有人文关怀的卓别林，基顿的喜剧更为纯粹，几乎不掺杂个人情感。他完全通过场景，特技，表演来制造笑料。在他的电影里，道具成了主角：《将军号》里的火车，《航海家》里的船，人反而成了道具，用一种机械笨拙的方法逗笑观