Dave Douglas & Keystone - MOONSHINE

This is an unfinished fragment made in May 1918 by Roscoe Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. I liked the stillness of the landscape, and how it contrasts with the frenetic performances of Keaton, Arbuckle, Al St. John and Alice Lake. I'm always a sucker for a good gag, and this film seems to move from one to the next without overmuch concern for plot. For the sake of useless trivia this seems to be the first film to pack twenty people into a late model car, only to send them off into the woods. It's a fun watch. -Dave Douglas

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