The Statue
About The Statue
A living statue holds still until people come close, then moves and startles them.
Cast & crew
More about The Statue
Alice Guy-Blaché directed this 1905 French short. Wikidata gives 5 minutes. A copy is on the Internet Archive as silent-la-statue. The French title is La Statue.
Themes
Preservation
A copy is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- The joke is the delay: the figure waits until someone is near.
- The archive file is silent-la-statue.
- Guy directed it the same year as her dance and song shorts.
Scenes
- The statue moves when a bystander is beside it.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-la-statue)
