Newly restored HD versions of two classic Laurel and Hardy comedies relive all their petty, pratfall-based glories – and a streak of surreal mischief
Showing as part of the extended celebration of the 125th anniversary of Stan Laurel’s birth, this Laurel and Hardy double bill arrives in cinemas in high-definition, following an extensive restoration. While the duo’s petty, pratfall-based humour might not be as inventive as that of their contemporaries – Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd – there’s a glorious streak of surreal mischief displayed here.
In Way Out West, which sees the duo charged with delivering the deeds of a gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector, Stan repeatedly baffles Ollie by using his own thumb as a cigar lighter. In Towed in a Hole, in which the pair star as a couple of itinerant fish salesmen, Ollie boots a bucket at Stan’s head, only to have...
Showing as part of the extended celebration of the 125th anniversary of Stan Laurel’s birth, this Laurel and Hardy double bill arrives in cinemas in high-definition, following an extensive restoration. While the duo’s petty, pratfall-based humour might not be as inventive as that of their contemporaries – Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd – there’s a glorious streak of surreal mischief displayed here.
In Way Out West, which sees the duo charged with delivering the deeds of a gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector, Stan repeatedly baffles Ollie by using his own thumb as a cigar lighter. In Towed in a Hole, in which the pair star as a couple of itinerant fish salesmen, Ollie boots a bucket at Stan’s head, only to have...
- 10/22/2015
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
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- 9/29/2011
- Alt Film Guide
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