Hundreds of Beavers is a side-splitting masterpiece like no other
Silent cinema rocks. The likes of F.W. Murano, Alice Guy-Blanche, King Vidor, Buster Keaton, and Charles Chaplin didn’t have a choice in working with no dialogue. They had to excel creatively within the technological limits of the early 1900s. Yet within those confines, they created movie magic that’s still dazzling today. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans remains a perfect piece of filmmaking for a reason. Having no access to dialogue inspired ingenuity rather than creative stagnancy. The 2024 comedy Hundreds of Beavers provides a glorious reminder of silent cinema’s charms among many other feats. Who knew the sight of a grown man tussling with people in beaver costumes would fuel one of the year’s most incredible motion pictures?