The star of The
Artist, who is also a comedian stayed true to the genre of the hit film
as he spoke to the media backstage at the Critics' Choice Awards
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Cast: Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller, Missi Pyle
Writers: Michel Hazanavicius
In theaters: November 23rd, 2011 (USA)
Synopsis
Hollywood 1927. George Valentin is a very successful silent movie star.
The arrival of talking pictures will mark the end of his career. Peppy
Miller, a young woman extra, becomes a major movie star.
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The Artist- Facts on the Silent Movie
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1. Director Michel Hazanavicius, 44, fantasized about making a silent
film for many years, both for the image-driven nature of the format and
because many of his favorite filmmakers emerged in that era.
2.
Hazanavicius studied many silent films to find the right technique in
order to make the story comprehensible without the use of too many title
cards.
3. The dog actor in the film, Uggy, won the Palm Dog Award
for best canine at the Cannes Film Festival in France. The honor can be
awarded to live or animated dogs or a group of dogs in films presented
at the festival. (The name of the award is a pun on the Palme d'Or, the
festival's highest honor). 'Up''s Dug is a previous winner.
4. The
stars of the film, Berenice Bejo and Jean Dujardin, had to learn to act
in an 80-year-old style that has not really been used since the 1920s,
and they both had to learn to tap-dance at a professional level for the
film.
5. The Weinstein Company's publicity strategy of plugging 'The
Artist' into every film festival and letting word-of-mouth seems to be
working. The film has won audience awards in at least three film
festivals around the world so far.
