I've been enjoying Mark Cousins 15 part series The Story of Film currently showing on More4. It's packed full of wonderful clips including this one from the 1924 Buster Keaton film Sherlock Jr. that uses editing to create a world within a world and make a link between films and dreams 86 years before Christopher Nolan's Inception.
Keaton's projectionist falls asleep and dreams that he climbs into the film he's showing. Matching body posture and camera placement in each shot Keaton gives the impression that the film is cutting around him landing him in a series of compromising situations; stepping off a cliff, crossing a busy road, diving into the sea etc.
Sherlock Jr.
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