Gaiman's STATUESQUE online

As I write this, Neil Gaiman's new short film Statuesque (starring Bill Nighy and Gaiman's girlfriend, Dresden Dolls singer Amanda Palmer) is on Youtube. But it probably won't be for long, so see it while you can.

Maybe then you can explain the plot to me. While the film does look good, I'm not really sure what's going on. What is Nighy doing every day when he goes to watch the statue people? It doesn't seem like he's only pining over the one statue girl. He's keeping some sort of record. But of what? And why does he join the human statues at the end? Is it just a way to get closer to the one statue lady who isn't Amanda Palmer? It's not like Gaiman's work normally leaves me baffled, but I feel like I really missed the gist, here.

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