Bill Nighy and Amanda Palmer Are Silent in Statuesque
Award winning British actor Bill Nighy is taking a leap into the silent era of filmmaking. According to /Film, He will star in Neil Gaiman’s upcoming short Statuesque, which will also feature the director’s girlfriend Amanda Palmer. Palmer is best known for her work as the lead vocalist of the punk band The Dresden Dolls.
This eight minute film is part of a special series commissioned by Rupert Murdoch’s UK based Sky TV. Each short will mark one of the twelve days of Christmas, during the upcoming holiday season.
Statuesque is described as a love triangle between two living statues and an admirer who observes his object of affection every day among the Christmas shoppers, unaware that he too is being watched.”
Silent film? Statues? There couldn’t be a more perfect place for Palmer and her Dresden Doll tendencies. The musician even has a song entitled “Perfect Fit,” based on her past experiences as a statue in Boston. Perhaps she is the inspiration behind the entire film? Nighy’s early days in the theater and his comedic background will also add a lot of personality to this silent feature.
If you want to stop by and check out the filming of Statuesque, Gaiman was nice enough to post the location on his official blog.
We’ll be at Charter Place in Watford High Street (WD17 2BJ for the curious) and will be shooting on Sunday the 6th from around 11 until 6.00pm.
Can any of you make it?
What do you think of Gaiman’s shot at the past?
Monday, September 7, 2009 7:39AM
Gaiman and Palmer are Scientologists. They got paired up to make money, that's why their relationship was "launched" with pictures and a soundtrack. Unfortunately for Scientology's coffers, Gaiman's career is on the downslide after writing so many bad scripts that tanked and Palmer got dumped by her record label because she can't write a song to save her life, let alone sing. Scientology weirdos.
Thursday, September 17, 2009 6:15AM
Weird. This is the second Scientology connection for Bill Nighy, he appeared in Valkyrie and defended Tom Cruise. The scienos do seem to network together.
Thursday, December 3, 2009 12:53AM
The above 3 posters are idiots.
Saturday, December 12, 2009 9:20AM
You're right, it's totally obvious to pair up the successful English author of Stardust, American Gods and other magnificent books with an obscure American pianist singer-songwriter who actually hasn't been dumped by her label (to her dismay). That will make loads of dosh.
I for one, can't wait to see this.
Saturday, December 12, 2009 10:32PM
Right, Coraline tanked and The Graveyard Book barely made it into bookshelves. Amanda Palmer can't sell tickets for gigs and was dumped by her record label, and their respective religions and what they spend their money on is public knowledge. Also, Palin is president; the credit crunch never happened; Santa skips round holding hands with the easter bunny; and I'm dating Johnny Depp. All this is happening on your parallel planet, which I'm nominally calling 'Merde des Vaches'.
In this reality, however, you're writing shite.
Monday, January 11, 2010 9:13AM
Statuesque is an incompetent piece of rubbish. It is hard to believe that someone with Gaiman's resources put together such an amateur film. Crappy performances, crappy music, crappy lighting, fuzzy plot, amateur actors. Statuesque looks like the masquerade at one of Gaiman's goofy sci fi conventions. Meh.