这是一部喜剧默片,没有一句话,完全靠主角的动作来挑动观众的神经。
主角的脸永远平静,面无表情,像一张空白的画纸,观众可以根据他的境遇,将自己的害怕与希望,揪心与反转,紧张与惊喜敷上去。
每一个电影场景都在表达着最有力量的道理:站在社会中最普通的小人物的角度来看,挫折是生活的调味剂,无论好事坏事,无论自己被怎样的困境围拢,人们总应积极找准方向,看过去,抓住跳跃的时机,靠智慧勇敢的穿越过去,最终迎接惊喜的胜利。
电影全程无尿点,自己也被一个接一个的紧密的惊喜反转和想象力惊叹到!
Not to be confused with the similar sounding title as Charlie Chaplin's ONE A.M. (Mutual, 1916) , ONE WEEK (Metro, 1920), written and directed by Buster Keaton and Edward Cline, stars the legendary "stone face" of Buster Keaton in one of his true gems of silent comedy (20 minutes) produced during the early 1920s. Next to COPS (1922), ONE WEEK is one of the prime examples of Keaton's comic genius. After two years supporting Fatty Arbuckle in his series of comedy shorts (1917-1919), Keaton gets to star in what's classified as his first solo effort. The plot, supposedly taking place in a span of one week involving two nameless newlyweds, consists of individual sketches opening and closing through the tearing off of a calendar day sheet followed by the introduction to the next day's activity.
Opening title: "The wedding bells have such a sweet sound but such a sour echo." Calendar fade in: "To-Day is Monday the 9th" (no month, no year given): It's Buster's wedding day, with he and his bride (Sybil Seely) exiting from the church surrounded by rice-throwing guests with the exception of one, Handy Hank, a rejected suitor. Before the day's end, the couple arrive on Apple Street where their home, Lot 99, turns out not to be a house with parts assembled in a huge box the from Portable House Company with Buster having to assemble himself. "TUESDAY the 10th" As Sybil prepares breakfast, Buster assembles his new home by the numbers. Not far away is the Hank, who, without Buster's awareness, changes the numbers on the boxes. There's a now classic moment recaptured much later in Buster's feature-length comedy, STEAMBOAT BILL JR. (1928) involving a house fall. Watch for it; "WEDNESDAY the 10th," With the home nearly completed, appearing as if it had gone through a typhoon, a delivery man (Joe Roberts) arrives with a piano, followed by one of the helpers (possibly Al St. John, though there's no clarification to rectify this character nor the rejected Handy Hank) dangling from his head caught on the rooftop; "THURSDAY the 11th," Buster continues assembling his house while Sybil washes up on the bath-tub. Classic moment: A mysterious hand covering the camera lens as she tries to retrieve the soap dropped on the floor; "FRIDAY the 13th," Housewarming party with friends and relatives resulting to a heavy rain storm and house going around in circles in merry-go-round fashion; "SATURDAY the 14th," Buster discovers his home has been built on the wrong lot and must have it moved to its rightful place. "SUNDAY the 15th," Buster and Sybil attempt moving their home to the right location, resulting to a series of unforeseen circumstances in the classic Buster Keaton tradition.
Contrary to its title, the story doesn't take place entirely for one week/seven days, which really doesn't matter. One question comes to mind - shouldn't the opening wedding scene been more appropriate on church day Sunday rather than a work-day Monday, and having his Monday the start of his work week assembling his home? Overlooking these minor flaws, ONE WEEK is a near-perfect Keaton comedy of frustration by which, Buster, unlike other comedians as Edgar Kennedy or Oliver Hardy, showing no moments of having a nervous breakdown. He simply takes it in stride and moves on to more frustrating episodes. That's our Buster.
Like the masterful work in COPS, ONE WEEK was a familiar item of silent comedy shown frequently on public television in the 1970s, notably WNET, Channel 13, in New York City, with prints from the piano scoring Killian collection. In fact, ONE WEEK preceded the 60 minute feature presentation of Keaton's COLLEGE (1927) as part of the 13-week series of THE SILENT YEARS (1975) hosted by Lillian Gish.
Aside from various prints on video cassette and DVD formats with organ or jazzy underscoring, ONE WEEK has appeared on cable television, most recently on Turner Classic Movies with orchestral score not quite suitable for this style of comedy. Regardless of its age, ONE WEEK holds up remarkable well, especially for Keaton devotees. First time viewers certainly will remember this within an hour, a day, or even one week after watching it. ONE WEEK sure has that certain something with lasting appeal, that certain something being the one and only Buster.
新婚夫妻买了一栋房子,却不料无良奸商要他们自己按照说明书组装,过程中各种意外,还给人捉弄。好容易房子装起来了,邀请亲友来作客,屋漏兼逢连夜雨,狂风把房子搞得不成样子。更倒霉的是人家告诉他们地址有误,他们现在的99号是火车路的编号,他们买的房子地段是66号。无奈之下只好搬房子,基顿想到一个天才的主意:整体平移(这可是当今保留文物建筑用的招数哪)。眼看就要成功,却停留在了铁路之上。这时候火车来了……小两口一劫又一劫都挺过来了,以为总可以甜蜜享受婚后生活,生儿育女,不曾想千躲万躲都没有躲过去。
这个片子太黑暗了,看不到希望。还好夫妻都好好的,只要活着,就仍然有希望。
会不会当年美国的房产很多都是这种木头组装,可以自己装,也可以包装(当然要给钱),或者自己请人装?
女主在里面露了半边胸。然后居然有人用手挡住了镜头,是导演吗?这个处理有点让人出戏,但够无厘头。
基顿真是用生命在演戏,各种高空摔倒,成龙厉害,基顿也一点不差。成龙是动作(打斗)喜剧,基顿也是动作(活动)喜剧。
基顿的喜剧还有不少无厘头在。所以,基顿既是动作喜剧的先驱,也是无厘头的先驱!
钉汽车靠背准备挪动房子那一刹那最赞。
旋转的房子是经典画面。想起希区柯克的旋转木马大战。
【一周 ONE WEEK】 乘着午饭时间看的小短片 有趣的喜剧默片 脑洞大开 有很多此时无声胜有声的笑点 看到时间轴就想到了都灵之马 但是和都灵之马氛围可完全不一样 印象最深的是女主捡肥皂时候破了第四堵墙 还有暴风雨中旋转的房屋比喻成旋转木马 有很多冷幽默和荒诞的点很有意思
过程男女主构建婚后生活的画面很有意思
其实很可爱很甜
喜剧里最浪漫的一幕是那对年轻夫妇携手走向银幕尽头。新中产阶级怎么能缺了让人安心的丈夫和自觉独立的妻子呢。那房子放在现在也是个不小的工程,真想认识幕后的建筑师!电影实在是在以肉眼可以看见的速度消弭腐蚀退步。现在再也拍不出这么refreshing的电影了。
新婚建房记。那段房屋片互换和妻子洗澡转换蒙太奇真乃神来之笔。不知道卓别林在这里偷学了多少!1920年,基顿天才般的银幕想象力!
9分。这房子太搞笑了,难道是纸做的。捡肥皂用手遮镜头,经典啊。
上帝用一个星期造世界,基顿用一个星期折腾房子。PS,这是基顿第一次没有和大胖,而是自己单独露面。
基顿是个真正的大型场面和特技天才,他的天赋应该用来拍泰坦尼克号之类的作品,喜剧其实真的不适合他。人物、情感乃至故事都在他的电影中被简化,只有神奇的机械(这部作品是房屋)才是主角。主角总是试图控制它,但最后却永远无法战胜这些大机械文明的产物。
抽象派的建築,還有一班實力派演員。
重看还是好棒呀。和情敌的三次交锋:马车作战、箱子号码被改导致神奇建筑出现、家中聚会利用二楼之门将其赶走。有创意的地方太多,捡肥皂可能露点时的手遮镜头,铁轨上火车撞房的悬念,当然最终要的还是对房屋的设置,栏杆做梯等等。今天看来非常可爱的还有无处不在的亲吻,车房皆失后的牵手离开。
墙倒了,他正好站在窗户的位置而躲过,这是被很多片子重复的经典的一幕。在道具,情景和动作设计上真是天才啊。。。露点前直视镜头了。房子最后被风吹转圈了,配乐也成了旋转木马的音乐,镜头在房间内不停旋转,很爽。狂风暴雨的特效也很不错。房子成了他最大的道具。不知迪斯尼动画和此片谁像谁。
一字马(被尚格·云顿致敬)、旋转木板、倒下的墙(偷学大胖的《后台》)、装烟囱、挡住摄像头的手(偷学大胖的《康尼岛》)、自杀式门(成龙的《一个好人》、周星驰的《整蛊专家》都学过)、房子秒变旋转木马、真正的“房车”、从房子中间穿过的火车(可能是在李子坝拍的)……吊打大胖拍的所有电影。巴斯特·基顿离开大胖后拍的第一部电影,也是巴斯特·基顿第二次当导演,就将他的导演天赋展现得淋漓尽致,堪称“神作”。
驚艷得很。
神奇来自于想象力和勇气
新婚屌丝建房记!
贾樟柯说过,即使一部二十年代的电影,只要你没看过,它对你就是一部新电影。每次看基顿,都会有刷新视觉经验的感觉,那种简陋条件下的想象力、对观看的操控,真是比很多陈词滥调的大片,更清新脱俗。大手遮挡&立体派建筑&旋转之屋,物理定律成了影像的游戏规则(但拍摄仍冒着巨大的危险),越来越感到,基顿贡献的不仅是天才的动作设计,还有那险中求乐的轻盈人格。
立体主义简易住房+捡肥皂破第四堵墙,而且动作场面依旧那么拼命,简直牛逼炸了。
1.应接不暇、精妙绝伦的镜头,让人大开眼界,佩服得五体投地;2.经典得脚跨两辆车、后现代造型充满“机关”的房屋、围栏秒变竹节梯、令人震撼的旋转木马屋(此处镜头、剪辑太厉害了)、极具写实性的“房车”;3.直接用手遮挡镜头,竟然可以如此先锋前卫实验,太有意思;4.依旧有趣的巴斯特·基顿,迷人的女主。
我快变死忠粉儿了。道具利用上的奇思妙想不提了。那些实打实的摔啊栽啊滚啊撞啊…据说为了拍片不止折过脚骨,还折过颈骨,而本人竟浑然不觉继续拍摄,一年半后才发现骨折复原留下的痕迹,用其人话讲就是:就觉得头一直痛……外星人吧?
基顿自己导演就是NB!那房子简直是立体主义的作品啊。还有拣肥皂那个镜头,直接无视第四堵墙什么的
综合短评:新婚屌丝建造立体主义移动城堡 大手打码全裸镜头堪称神来之笔;横批:旋转木马 宜家始祖
神奇的一周,神奇的房子,大手出现打码简直无厘头到家,结尾的虚惊一场再接猝不及防。基顿真666666与23333大师鼻祖。
津津樂道的那個鏡頭。