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Statues Also Die is a french film of genre Documentary directed by Chris Marker with Jean Négroni
Statues Also Die (1953)
Statues also Die
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Add to a movie listLength 30minutes
OriginFrance
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Rating74%
Statues Also Die (French: Les statues meurent aussi) is a 1953 French essay film directed by Chris Marker and Alain Resnais, about historical African art and the effects colonialism has had on how it is perceived. The film won the 1954 Prix Jean Vigo. Because of its criticism of colonialism, the second half of the film was censored in France until the 1960s.
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The film exhibits a series of sculptures, masks and other traditional art from Sub-Saharan Africa. The images are frequently set to music and cut to the music's pace. The narrator focuses on the emotional qualities of the objects, and discusses the perception of African sculptures from a historical and contemporary European perspective. Only occasionally does the film provide the geographical origin, time period or other contextual information about the objects. The idea of a dead statue is explained as a statue which has lost its original significance and become reduced to a museum object, similarly to a dead person who can be found in history books. Interweaved with the objects are a few scenes of Africans performing traditional music and dances, as well as the death of a disemboweled gorilla.Actors
Jean Négroni
(Narrator (voice))
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