The Artist
The Artist
PG-13 | 20 January 2012 (USA)
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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.

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KnotMissPriceless

Why so much hype?

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VividSimon

Simply Perfect

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Contentar

Best movie of this year hands down!

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Deanna

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

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Jessica Angela, Sullivan (JessicaSullivan1974)

The Director Michel Hazanavicius wanted to show the audience by telling them the story of how the silent era became talkies. In the beginning of film, we see George Valentin retrained, the title slide that reads ... I won't talk! I won't say a word! ... This is a clear indication of a person (or a film company) refuses to accept change into modern era of technology - using sound. = Changing of the times. At first, I almost believed this was Based on Ture story, in way it is. About the industry. End of the film The reason why Michel Hazanavicius wanted to included sound and dance is to show the being of a new cinema era. My own view I quite enjoyed it, I did like how the technology of using wipes, such as Inside of Circle of scene, while outside circle is blackout.

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cinemajesty

Film Review: "The Artist" (2011)Considered by many to be the Best Picture of year 2011, starting its success story at Cannes Film Festival on its 64th edition in May 2011 and finishing on February 26th 2012 with the Academy Award for Best Picture of the same year, utilizing the instrument of an high-concept gimmick by shooting the picture entirely in 1920s filmmaking conditions with framing set to full frame aspect ratio to capture light reflections on 35mm black and white filmstock under the direction of former television movie director Michel Hazanavicius, who earns his lucky punch of international filmmaking with his formidable playing leading man Jean Dujardin in a role of a life-time and sweet-looking, earning by the beats actress Bérénice Bejo, building the undeniable classic taste of a star-striving emerging Hollywood era of oblivion.Winning five out of ten Oscar Nominations, dividing the Academy Award Ceremony of 2012 in its 84th Edition with Martin Scorsese's directed high-end major budget granted infusion of a filmmaker's homage on the life of Georges Méliès (1861-1938) "Hugo"; keeping the voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in a tight grip of choosing an original stagnation, no-risk classic over cinematic evolution in terms of daring the impossible by bringing the whole filmmaking orchestra out of its "The Big Sleep" (1946) winter sleep to take responsibility of a worldwide shared audiovisual infusions, who shaped a society of future filmmakers that are considered to cannibalize each other by rolling their thump to a beat of emotional deprivation, making this picture being welcome in times of nostalgia and pushed-aside "Melancholia" (2011) directed by Lars von Trier.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

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sammie-75089

Go figure why this "mistake" won the Oscar for 2011 best picture. The Yo-Yos in Hollywood have s$%t for brains no doubt about it...it's all about who you sleep with anyway. War Horse was the best movie by far that year yet it got nothing. Years from now we will look back, laugh, and list the win as one of those memorable gaffes committed by Oscar voters. When I saw the film, one question kept popping into my mind: What's the point? Who cares about the silent movie era and it's stars? Why must we sit for 2 hours and watch something paying homage to an era that we'd rather forget? Dreadfully boring. Pointless and stupid.

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morrison-dylan-fan

Despite finding her sparkling in Populaire and magnificent in The Past since first catching a glimpse in the mutant monster pigs Horror flick Proie,I've never seen Bérénice Bejo in her most famous film. Looking at the Christmas listings,I was pleased to spot the BBC airing the Oscar winner,which led to me listening in on the silence.The plot:1927:At the unveiling of his new blockbuster.movie star auteur George Valentin bumps into Peppy Miller,who he poses with for the press.Seeing her face on the front page,Miller pushes forward to become a star in Hollywood,with a studio soon teaming her up with Valentin. Being the icon of Silent cinema, Valentin can hear nothing on the horizon, until a studio head catches Valentin off- guard with the air-raid siren of the "talkies."View on the film:Tap dancing onto the screen,the beautiful Bérénice Bejo gives a magnetic performance as Miller,thanks to Bejo juggling a sweet empathy towards Valentin to stay on the billboard,with a pure,classic Hollywood glamour Bejo shakes out during the stylish movie-within a movie sequences.Becoming the biggest name in cinema with his grand visions, Jean Dujardin gives a wondrous performance as Valentin, brimming with the near-mythical confidence of the Hollywood legends,which Dujardin impressively threads with a fragility of Valentin's star fading. Whilst James Cromwell & John Goodman make snappy appearances,the late, adorable Uggie runs rings round the feet of the mere humans as the scene-stealing dog.Reuniting with his wife Bejo after bringing the OSS series back,writer/director Michel Hazanavicius lovingly presents a sweet tribute to the Silent era,that can also proudly stand as its own creation. Offering tantalising glimpses to the power Valentin reels, Hazanavicius places Miller and Valentin on the dividing lines of cinema,via Valentin seeing his Silent cinema as (popular) art,and Miller's "talkies" as a plaything for the studios. Hearing the tide begin to turn, Hazanavicius brings the change smartly in focus for Valentin,but keeps a light flicking in the darkness to deliver a shimmering,toe-tapping final,as the artist re-discovers his art.

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