Tristram Shandy. A Cock and Bull Story

The movie takes place on the set of a movie named "Tristram Shandy." In the beginning of the movie takes place in a makeup room, where Coogan and Brydon talk about their billing, and whether Brydon's teeth are too yellow. Coogan has the lead, playing both Tristram and his father, Walter. Brydon plays Tristram's uncle Toby, who gives his life to building a large outdoor model of the battlefield where, as a young man, he suffered a weird injury. The Widow Wadman (Anderson), who is considering marrying Toby, wants to know precisely how and, where was his wounded. "Just beyond the asparagus," Toby explains.
The movie is endearingly strange. There is a showing of some battle scenes in which dreary foot soldiers wander past the camera, looking like extras on their lunch break. And a scene in which a miniature unborn Tristram is seen inside a miniature womb. It reminds the life on a movie set, which for a few weeks or months to create. As the final credits roll, Coogan and Brydon are still engaged in their running contest of insults. The best part of the whole movie is when Tristram was a little boy and the babysitter closed the window on his…

Sherlock Jr.

The movie begins with an every day working man that is played by Buster Keaton. He works in a movie theater and is studying to be a detective. He and his enemy both show up on the doorstep of the girl generously giving boxes of candy. The rival has stolen a pocket watch from the girl's house to pay for his gift, but before Buster can put his detective skills to the test to solve the crime, he finds himself getting framed for the person that stole the watch. Unhappy, he goes back to work where he starts the film, then falls asleep. He "leaves" his body and enters the movie screen. In the movie Buster finds himself challenged in the movie. For example, he is about to sit at a park bench, when the picture switches to a snow pile. When the film is finished Buster, wakes up in the middle of a movie mystery story in which he plays the talented Sherlock Jr. A real detective with all the certainty that Buster lacks. He defeats certain death trails, solves the mystery and participates in exciting chases. Such as the one where he rides alone on the handlebars of a motorcycle, thinking that his devoted servant is driving, when the driver falls off in the beginning of the chase.

Sherlock Jr is one of my favorite silent moves because it is actually humorous. Especially at the end of the movie when Buster has his chance to finally kiss the girl. Now that he's back in the real world, Buster is confused on how to “make his move”. He peeks through the window in the projection booth to look at the film for instructions on how to kiss the girl. Buster still looks at film for ways to enhance his own dreary life. Then later Buster sees with the movie couple surrounded by children. Buster's puzzled face says it all.

The Purple Rose of Cario

Cecilia, a waitress in depression-age living in New Jersey, whose life is filled with stress from work and coming home to an violent, and unemployed husband. In order to escape from her life and marriage, Cecilia goes to the movies, at the local theater; The Purple Rose of Cairo has her going multiple times. On the worst day, after Cecilia lost her job, something new happens during the movie. The wall is broken, and Tom Baxter, a character in the movie, walks off the screen and into her life. The movie is ruined, people that are off and on screen start panicking, and Cecilia has a dilemma, having to choose between her husband, Tom Baxter, and Gil Shepherd, the actor who plays Baxter and who also wants a chance at her mind.

The Purple Rose of Cairo is a very old movie but is still true in today’s day because of the awful economic days that we live in. Such as those people who undergoing financial and emotional hardships. Even though the film doesn't quite give us the wonderful happily ever after ending that people would expect for a romantic comedy. It does bring out an important point about the magic of movies, and its control to take us to lands we'll never see, meet people we'd never know, and feel a natural value and kinship with people that can never exist. The Purple Rose of Cairo is a very magical movie. Especially the way that Cecilia, captures our minds, hearts and imaginations.