Review 89: The Artist
Honestly, I never thought I'd see the day when another silent film would crawl on to the big screen.
The film takes place in Hollywood, between 1927 and 1932, George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), it seems the sky's the limit - major movie stardom awaits. The Artist tells the story of their interlinked destinies.
The plot is a genius work of art and beautifully chronicles the rise of the talkies and the downfall of silent films, I cant imagine what director Michel Hazanavicius was thinking when he wrote this, Its a love letter to silent films and yes I understood what was going on even though there was no dialogue. It is, like Martin Scorsese's Hugo, a film about films: it's saying that while silent film are not being made anymore, they will last forever.
The production and costume designs are gorgeous, the cinematography is beautiful, director Michel Hazanavicius directing is sensational, their are great moments of tragedy, the score by Ludovic Bource is wonderful and deserved the oscar, the editing is brilliant and the ending was superb.
The "acting" was fabulous, particularly from Dujardin and Bejo. Dujardin deserved that best actor oscar and Bejo deserved that best supporting actress oscar just as much as Octavia Spencer did, John Goodman is excellent as Al Zimmer., the studio boss who thinks talkies are the future and James Cromwell is brilliant as Valentin's driver.
The Artist is a loveletter to silent films and might possibly revie the making of Silent films in the 21st century, 5/5.
The Anonymous Critic
The film takes place in Hollywood, between 1927 and 1932, George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), it seems the sky's the limit - major movie stardom awaits. The Artist tells the story of their interlinked destinies.
The plot is a genius work of art and beautifully chronicles the rise of the talkies and the downfall of silent films, I cant imagine what director Michel Hazanavicius was thinking when he wrote this, Its a love letter to silent films and yes I understood what was going on even though there was no dialogue. It is, like Martin Scorsese's Hugo, a film about films: it's saying that while silent film are not being made anymore, they will last forever.
The production and costume designs are gorgeous, the cinematography is beautiful, director Michel Hazanavicius directing is sensational, their are great moments of tragedy, the score by Ludovic Bource is wonderful and deserved the oscar, the editing is brilliant and the ending was superb.
The "acting" was fabulous, particularly from Dujardin and Bejo. Dujardin deserved that best actor oscar and Bejo deserved that best supporting actress oscar just as much as Octavia Spencer did, John Goodman is excellent as Al Zimmer., the studio boss who thinks talkies are the future and James Cromwell is brilliant as Valentin's driver.
The Artist is a loveletter to silent films and might possibly revie the making of Silent films in the 21st century, 5/5.
The Anonymous Critic
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