如果你看惯了卓别林那种带着苦味的温情喜剧，不妨换换口味——巴斯特·基顿的《航海家》完全走另一条路：一个富家少爷和姑娘阴差阳错被锁在漂流海上的空轮船上，整部戏就是他俩和一堆机械、厨具、海兽较劲。凯瑟琳·麦奎尔饰演的富家女不是常规花瓶，她和基顿在荒诞困境中相互添乱又配合，节奏干净利落。基顿与联合导演克里斯普并未依赖字幕卡推进剧情，而是通过长镜头和实景调度，将船舱的楼梯、走廊、厨房等物理空间转化为喜剧的物理实验场。适合喜欢“硬核默片”、“结构喜剧”的观众，那些对《摩登时代》流水线桥段不过瘾的人，会在这艘船的每个舱门后找到更过瘾的几何级笑料。推荐给喜欢默片、爱看“人跟大型机械搏斗”的喜剧迷，或者单纯想见识下1924年的脑洞有多野——这片子比现在很多特效片都带劲。故事几乎被锁在一艘漂流的远洋客轮上，基顿和凯瑟琳·麦奎尔从手忙脚乱学做饭，到用刀叉撬椰子、拿伞柄对付食人土著，每一步荒诞都靠严谨的物理逻辑撑起来——比如他试图用一根长杆同时撑住两把椅子，结果自己悬在半空。

　　Wealthy Rollo Treadway (Buster Keaton) suddenly decides to propose to his neighbor across the street, Betsy O'Brien (Kathryn McGuire), and sends his servant to book passage for a honeymoon sea cruise to Honolulu. When Betsy rejects his sudden offer however, he decides to go on the trip anyway, boarding without delay that night. Because the pier number is partially covered, he ends up on the wrong ship, the Navigator, which Betsy's rich father (Frederick Vroom) has just sold to a small country at war.
　　Agents for the other small nation in the conflict decide to set the ship adrift that same night. When Betsy's father checks up on the ship, he is captured and tied up by the saboteurs. Betsy hears his cry for help and boards the ship to look for him, just before it is cut loose.
　　The Navigator drifts out into the Pacific Ocean. The two unwitting passengers eventually find each other. At first, they have great difficulty looking after themselves, but adapt after a few weeks. At one point, they sight a navy ship and hoist a brightly-colored flag, not realizing it signals that the ship is under quarantine. As a result, the other vessel turns away.
　　Finally, the ship grounds itself near an inhabited tropical island and springs a leak. While Rollo dons a deep sea diving suit and submerges to patch the hole, the black natives canoe out and take Betsy captive. When Rollo emerges from the ocean, the natives are scared off, enabling him to rescue Betsy and take her back to the ship. The natives return and try to board the ship. After a fierce struggle, Rollo and Betsy try to escape in a small dinghy. It starts to sink, and the natives swiftly overtake them in their canoes. Just when all seems lost, a navy submarine surfaces right underneath them and they are saved.

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