Synopsis
A breath of fresh vintage air
Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
2011 Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
Jean Dujardin Bérénice Bejo John Goodman James Cromwell Penelope Ann Miller Missi Pyle Beth Grant Ed Lauter Joel Murray Elizabeth Tulloch Ken Davitian Malcolm McDowell Basil Hoffman Bill Fagerbakke Nina Siemaszko Stephen Mendillo Dash Pomerantz Beau Nelson Alex Holliday Wiley M. Pickett Ben Kurland Katie Nisa Katie Wallack Hal Landon Jr. Cleto Augusto Sarah Karges Sarah Scott Ezra Buzzington Stuart Pankin Show All…
Thomas Langmann Jeremy Burdek Nadia Khamlichi Adrian Politowski Jean Dujardin Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela Emmanuel Montamat Gilles Waterkeyn
Gary Davis Laura Albert Brian J. Williams Donna Evans Dennis Fitzgerald Gary Morgan Tanner Gill J. Mark Donaldson Michael Caradonna Eddie Braun Scott Wilder
Nadine Muse Gérard Lamps Pascal Chauvin Ken Yasumoto Yannick Boulot Michael Krikorian Marc Mnémosyne Franck Tassel
El artista, Umelec, Umjetnik, Glumac, Ha'artist, 아티스트, L'artiste, Beauty Spot, Nghe si, 星光夢裏人, Artist, Артист, A némafilmes, O Artista, Artysta, 艺术家, Umělec, הארטיסט, Artistul, アーティスト, Umetnik, 大藝術家, Mākslinieks, Артистът, Người Nghệ Sĩ, บรรเลงฝัน บันดาลรัก
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This is definitely one of the more 'forgotten' best picture winners of the 21st Century. People don't really talk about it, although not necessarily because it's bad. The Artist is a cute and funny silent homage, but it's a little too fluffy, and it often feels like one of those "fake" movies that are shown within a movie, only extended to feature length. I enjoy it, mainly because of the dog.
Boy, was I disappointed.
I was looking forward to this film, of course fuelled by the hype surrounding it, the Oscar nominations it got and the prizes it had already won. For me it was merely a gimmicky, thinly stretched exercise in style.
Now don't get me wrong, I really appreciate what they were trying to do here. Anyone who wants to make an ode to cinema has got my vote and I applaud them for that. I just feel by wrapping it all in a flimsy, incredibly shallow plot they caused me to lose interest.
Dujardin's performance has been praised a lot, but I found him to be very one-dimensional. Sure he has got incredible charm and an unmistakable…
Winner of 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture, The Artist is an awe-inspiring ode to silent era of filmmaking and is crafted with such elegance & artistry that it was difficult for me to wipe the grin off my face while watching it. An enthralling work of indelible charm, every frame of this silent feature pays its tribute to the bygone period but the film also succeeds in carving out its own identity in the process.
Set in Hollywood during the years when talkies were being introduced into cinema, the story focuses on the relationship between a major silent film star & an aspiring young actress who bump into each other during the premiere of the former's latest film. But when their…
Yes it’s a nice love letter to silent films, and a nice commentary on the Golden Age of Hollywood during the Great Depression...but why was Uggie’s Oscar nomination snubbed??
“With pleasure.”
Here we have a black and white silent movie released in 2011, yes, released in 2O1I.
It has a touch of love, an enough and enjoyable touch for this 14th of February. 💌