In this it instantly became obvious how meticulous Keaton was when editing the film, the film is exceptionally crafted. Unlike some of the previous films shown Sherlock Jnr shows a clear narrative, yet I feel this makes it less experimental. Despite Keaton's creativity as an artist I can see how many people are unable to connect with the film. Keaton shows subtilty in every decicion he makes and therefore his experimentation is just more humble, yet for many this could translate into bordom. Never the less, the key thing I took away from this film was the idea of how a soundtrack can influenece how you see the film, being a silent movie it really did highlight the relationship between sound and cinema and I can now see if you were to see the film with different soundtracks, this would give you different perspectives, which would change the experience of the film completly.
Fellini Satyricon, 1969 was the opposite to this film in that there was not a clear narrative and structure which for me made it difficult to understand. I found this film rather boring as I was unable to make sense of it, this was not helped with subtitles which I feel perhaps seriously impoverished my experience of the film, as my eyes were drawn to the bottom of the screen rather than the centre visuals. Fellini was very interested in the content and nature of dreams and the subconscious and this is where I was in this film.. perhaps this was what he was trying to create, confusion? If so, the film was successful.
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