The Love Nest

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acsdoug D @acsdoug May 26 Not really much of a story, just a series of sight gags tenuously connected to Buster's boat. See more sean l 03/31/2022 In his final short comedy before graduating into feature-lengths, Buster Keaton treads some very familiar territory. Broken-hearted over a nixed romance (a frequent motif), he sets sail in a small, private boat (as in 1921's The Boat), falls under the gaze of a mean-spirited boss (big Joe Roberts, who played an identical role in The Blacksmith) and stumbles from one mishap to the next before, finally, realizing it was all a dream (another common story device, used in Convict 13 and The Haunted House, among others). It's not Keaton's wildest ride, nor his most memorable, but it does offer an interesting juxtaposition between where he's been and where he's going. The laughs flow less freely, but they're better-constructed and wittier. The story has more focus and emphasis than the bare-bones scaffolds of a few years prior. He's developing as a writer and as a filmmaker, preparing for the amplified demands of a larger format while also straining to understand how his humor scales to that grand canvas. A transitional work, not an essential one. See more 01/10/2016 another silent comedic masterpiece from Keaton See more 01/14/2013 The Love Nest in question is a whaling ship, on which a heartbroken Buster Keaton gets up to plenty of hijinks. It's not a classic silent film by any means, but there are enough funny and inventive visual jokes to make this short worth a look. See more 02/24/2012 Not up to Keaton`s standards, but decent. See more 10/13/2011 Buster's final two-reeler, a precursor of sort to "The Navigator", or a continuation of "The Boat", with our man mining the high seas for more and more laughs. See more Read all reviews

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