An Interesting Story (1905)

Directed by

James Williamson

Genre

comedy film, silent film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

4 min

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man walks through a town reading a book. He is so focused on his reading that he ignores everything happening around him, which leads to dangerous situations.

lightheartedabsurdplayfulwhimsicalslapstickbriskcharmingobservational

What happens

An Interesting Story is a 1904 British short silent comedy film, directed by James Williamson, showing a man so engrossed in his book he is dangerously oblivious to what happens around him. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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