The Artist

[Man Mountain]

I saw the trailer for this recently and thought that it looks pretty interesting.

From rotten tomatoes ( http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_artist/ ), where it has a rating of 96% at the time of this post:

A crowd-pleasing tribute to the magic of silent cinema, The Artist is a clever, joyous film with delightful performances and visual style to spare.

Hollywood 1927. 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. -- (C) Weinstein

 

[edmontonsubbie]

I saw the trailer for this recently and thought that it looks pretty interesting.

From rotten tomatoes ( http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_artist/ ), where it has a rating of 96% at the time of this post:

Interesting....at first blush, I was thinking...no. Now that I have seen the trailer with 2010 production values/capabilities contrasting to 1920's doingthebesticando....i can see where "the artist" may be an appropriate title. The past will repeat itself....this looks as though it may be thoughtfully done.

regards,

eddie

 

[Big Dog Striker]

Michel Hazanavicius

Kudos to Michel Hazanavicius for believing in himself and having the balls to do this silent movie. People in the industry thought he was nuts from the studio to the financiers. Reminds me of Mark Burnett when he first pitched reality television in Hollywood. And now almost a decade after the first " Survivor ", Mark is one of the most powerful guys in the business. Thanks to Hazanavicius, a silent movie has now become an Oscar dark horse contender for Best Picture. Personally, I would like " The Help " to win Best Picture. It has a special message. Hopefully, that racist on the London Tram got the chance to watch it. And Brad Pitt finally winning Best Actor for " Moneyball ".

Like Producer Mark Burnett, Billy Beane of Moneyball, and Hazanavicius - " Believe in Your Dreams " :thumb:

 

[Big Dog Striker]

" The Artist " leads the Golden Globes with 6 nominations. :thumb:

 

[Big Dog Striker]

Kudos to " The Artist " for bagging the Best Film ( Comedy/Musical ) in the Golden Globes this Sunday evening. Cameron and his " Avatar " brought back 3-D a few years ago - would this be the start of more silent movies in the horizon. :nod:

 

[manni]

couldn't hear a thing ; )

 

[AngelaAurora]

and here I am thinking of the artist formerly known as Prince, before I read the thread lol,