Museum of Wax

Overview

The black-and-white, silent short, Museum of Wax (1981-1987), is the more classically structured of Ludlam’s recovered films. Fluently adopting a silent-era cinematic language, the vaudevillian narrative follows an escaped prisoner (Ludlam) who seeks refuge in a Coney Island wax museum. The set-up is a clever ploy to involve the rows of wax puppets (and boxes of celebrity heads) in a whimsical deracination of gender conventions.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 30, 1987

Original language

English

Director

Charles Ludlam

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1880289