This film is about the actor, the greatest star of silent cinema, which is lost in the era of the sound movie, and is saved only by genuine love, one of the most vivid stylizations in the history of the cinema in general.
1. Black and white elegance. This film is about the actor, the greatest star of silent cinema, which is lost in the era of the sound movie, and is saved only by genuine love, one of the most vivid stylizations in the history of the cinema in general. Black-white and almost dumb, with an infectious acting game, awakening the memories of Rudolfo Valentino and Mary Pickford, is also almost dumb, he returns his natural visuality, which is not able to freeze vulgar special effects and Dikarsky 3d Dikarskoye.
Michelle Azanavichus, French director, screenwriter, actor. Known for the Dilogy “Agent 117”, performed in the spirit of spy films of the 50s. Three times nominated for the Sezar Award.
2. Silence. There are no dialogs in the “artist”, almost (more on this below) there are no intra -pass sounds – only the Tapapian soundtrack. And in this silence, the answer to the question of what true artistic ingenuity is more heard. Azanavichus is a figure in the French movie and on TV, a well -known ironist and mockingbird. His “American class” consists entirely of fragments of Hollywood cinema, but with the original plot (for example, the role of John Wayne in it was “set” from 15 films). And “Agent 117” approved the director of the reputation of not just a stylizer, but the creator of his own world in the film.
3. Sound. Intra -gas, it appears only in two episodes of the “artist”. When the hero is aware of the inevitability of the sound of the sound of the sound, the sound cracked into his world insidiously. And then the director finds an elegant metaphor – instead of the Tapapsky soundtrack, we suddenly hear the sheet of the artist in the dressing room rustle, how a shaving brush rustles … The second time the hero begins to comprehend the world of sounds when … Well,
you will see it for yourself. Yes, you will see: Azanavichus and sound returns film plasticity and meaning. His sound does not convey information, but an emotion. Is responsible for the atmosphere of the film, and not for the audience awareness.