The Artist Exclusive Trailer (2011) HD - NYFF

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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.

The Artist is a 2011 French romance film directed by Michel Hazanavicius, starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo. The story takes place in Hollywood between 1927 and 1931 and focuses on a declining male film star and a rising actress, as silent cinema grows out of fashion and is replaced by the talkies. The film is itself a silent film and in black-and-white. Dujardin won the Best Actor Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where the film premiered.

Director Michel Hazanavicius had been fantasizing about making a silent film for many years, both because many filmmakers he admires emerged in the silent era, and because of the image-driven nature of the format. According to Hazanavicius his wish to make a silent film was at first not taken seriously, but after the financial success of his spy-film pastiches OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies and OSS 117: Lost in Rio, producers started to express interest. The forming of the film's narrative started with Hazanavicius' desire to work again with actors Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, Hazanivicius's wife, who had starred in the OSS 117 films. Hazanavicius chose the form of the melodrama, much because he thought many of the films from the silent era which have aged best are melodramas. He did extensive research about 1920s Hollywood, and studied silent films to find the right techniques to make the story comprehensible without having to use too many intertitles. The screenplay took four months to write.
The film was produced by La Petite Reine and ARP Sélection for 13.47 million euro, including co-production support from Studio 37 and France 3 Cinéma, and pre-sales investment from Canal+ and CinéCinéma. Both the cast and crew were mixed French and American. Filming took place during seven weeks on location in Hollywood. Throughout the shoot Hazanavicius played music from classic Hollywood films while the actors performed.

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[TheJadixgx]

that looks pretty epic

[LuimniLuimni]

mmm, interesting. But i dont know how all that popcorn crunching and sweet wrapper rustling is going to go down in a silent movie...

[nffa2]

@blacbraun i loved metropolis. AND I STILL WATCH HAROLD LLOYD COMEDIES!

[blacbraun]

@optomuscrime That is exactly it. and the time when there were motion pictures but no sound and only a bit of dialog on the screen was a fascinating era. I would suggest seeing some really epic silent movies like Intolerance or Metropolis, or simple Chaplin ones...it's a bit like reading a book in that it's low key and quiet...nothing wrong with that

[blacbraun]

You could send this movie in a time machine back to 1927 and the people would not know it was from the future. I mean that in the best way as it takes all the style and technology available in those days and tells a charming story that all the color and sound can't reproduce..silent films are a lost art and this pays wonderful homage to this period. Bravo!

[blacbraun]

@aczumel Not surprising since Chaplin is identified with silent movies

[roackmai]

looks like a piece of trash movie to me

[ExitForMusic]

wow i like this movie i'm 0

[Mr01042011]

Beautiful :)

[tinkobinko]

The film itself is very good, but the music is outstanding! :)

Should win an Oscar for Best Director and Best Score.

[tripjet999]

Looks goofy. Probably a good thing that they didn't waste money on color film and dialogue! I'll save my pennies for MIB III.

[MrBRFB]

Wow... I'm amazed by this movie. And Í'm 13!