La statue animée

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In a corner of the garden we see an ornamental fountain. An old professor comes along, looking for a nice spot where he can teach his pupils. Finding the fountain to his liking he goes after... Read allIn a corner of the garden we see an ornamental fountain. An old professor comes along, looking for a nice spot where he can teach his pupils. Finding the fountain to his liking he goes after his scholars. A mysterious person who has noticed the old man, by means of a balloon, a h... Read allIn a corner of the garden we see an ornamental fountain. An old professor comes along, looking for a nice spot where he can teach his pupils. Finding the fountain to his liking he goes after his scholars. A mysterious person who has noticed the old man, by means of a balloon, a handkerchief and a coat, constructs a peculiar figure, doing a lot of tricks at the same ti... Read all

Director
- Georges Méliès
Star
- Jehanne d'Alcy

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5.0/10

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Director
- Georges Méliès
Star
- Jehanne d'Alcy

See production info at IMDbPro

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La Statue Animée
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Michael_Elliott

The Drawing Lesson

Drawing Lesson, The (1903)

** (out of 4)

aka La Statue Animee

Lesser film from the famous director has him playing a painting who uses various objects turn create a woman. There's really nothing overly special in this film, although the special effects hold up quite nicely after all these years. The magic of Melies, as they call it, really isn't displayed to much here as the film comes off pretty boring within its three-minute running time. The usual laughs and thrills that come with the director's best films are missing here and in the end there's really no need for anyone to seek this out unless they must see all of the director's films.

4planktonrules

Why all the 18th century costumes??

Occasionally, as I watch some of Georges Méliès' films I wonder "why would he do that?!"....and that was definitely the case with "La Statue Animée". Why have everyone dressed up in 18th century costumes? I just don't understand this. Perhaps the film maker simply used the costumes because he had them....I don't know.

As for the film itself, it's one of the magician films where Méliès himself is a magician making all sorts of crazy things happen. But oddly, the first half of the film, nothing happens of any consequence. Only later in the film do things begin changing...and what changes isn't all that interesting considering the filmmaker must have made at least a hundred similar films. Overall, not one of Méliès' better efforts and a film that is actually a bit dull.

4Hitchcoc

Can't Really Recommend It

This is just a random kind of presentation. It really goes nowhere and ends on a very strange note. An artist sort of creates a female statue, although she becomes real. We don't know why, other that she appears in a kind of framed cave. A group of students come and try to draw her but she engages in some Melies mischief. One thing I've never speculated on before is how many of these things he put out in a year. What was his studio like? It must have been Herculean to set up, even for a very small film.