To approach a Mack Sennett production like Ten Dollars or Ten Days is to step into a vortex of cinematic entropy. While the 1920s were elsewhere defined by the burgeoning psychological depth of films like Professor Nissens seltsamer Tod, Sennett remained the unyielding architect of the belly laugh, a purveyor of pure...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
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" To approach a Mack Sennett production like Ten Dollars or Ten Days is to step into a vortex of cinematic entropy. While the 1920s were elsewhere defined by the burgeoning psychological depth of films like Professor Nissens seltsamer Tod, Sennett remained the unyielding architect of the belly laugh, a purveyor of pure, unadulterated motion. This particular short, though perhaps less cited than the Keystone Cops' seminal runs, represents a refined distillation of the slapstick ethos, where the s..."
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