Liverpool Silent Films: Help Wanted / A Dog’s Life / One Week

Tom Grieve, Cinema Editor

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Liverpool Silent Films: Help Wanted / A Dog’s Life / One Week

Black Lodge Brewery, Baltic Triangle
8 September 2016

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Chaplin vs. Keaton is basically The Beatles vs. the Stones for film nuts. Debate rages as to what’s better: Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp and his hard wrought pathos, or Buster Keaton’s heroically optimistic Stoneface and his astonishing physicality. It’s a long running debate, that’s fiercely contested on both sides—but why chooses when you can have both? For their Scalarama short film night, Liverpool Silent Films have a film apiece from the two masters of silent comedy.

They’ve gone for Chaplin’s 1918 gem A Dog’s Life, in which the Little Tramp finds an equally down-on-their-luck friend in a plucky pooch named Spot. Meanwhile, Keaton finds endless possibilities for physical gags in One Week, his spectacular account of a young couple trying to build a flat-pack house.

Sitting alongside the two near century-old comedies is Daniel Drape’s Help Wanted. This contemporary silent film follows a day in the lives of a boy struggling with benefit sanctions and a girl affected by a zero-hour contract. Screening at The Black Lodge Brewery in Liverpool, all three films will be accompanied by live music and whilst there’s no entry fee on the door, there will be a donation bucket floating about if you would like to support the musicians.

Where to go near Liverpool Silent Films: Help Wanted / A Dog’s Life / One Week

Liverpool
Café or Coffee Shop
92 Degrees Coffee – Baltic

Placed at the very heart of Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle, 92 Degrees Coffee forms an integral part of the Baltic Creative Community.

Liverpool
Event venue
24 Kitchen Street

A mixed-use event space in the Baltic Triangle, 24 Kitchen Street hosts some of the best leftfield club nights and gigs in Liverpool.

Baltic Triangle
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Gustaf Adolf Kyrka

Set in the Baltic Triangle, Gustaf Adolf Kyrka is one of just four octagonal churches in England and is of great architectural significance.

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Restaurant
Boxpark Liverpool

Sitting in the heart of Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle district, Boxpark Liverpool will offer forward-thinking street food, drinks and entertainment under one roof.

Hobo Kiosk Liverpool
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Bar or Pub
Hobo Kiosk

‘Good Beer and Fine Company’ is the motto at Hobo Kiosk and that’s exactly what you’ll get.

food and drink
Liverpool
Restaurant
Manifest

Manifest is a casual fine dining restaurant and wine bar in the Baltic Triangle, serving seasonal dishes and delicious wines from small scale producers.

food and drink
Baltic Triangle
Café or Coffee Shop
Yonder

Yonder is a relaxed café off the beaten track, slightly hidden in the Baltic Triangle, serving delicious coffee, breakfast and lunch.

The Baltic Fleet Liverpool
Baltic Triangle
Bar or Pub
The Baltic Fleet

You can’t go wrong with beer and scouse. The Baltic Fleet is one of Liverpool’s most unique pubs and its outdoors area is a great suntrap.

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