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The Artist

Here is a great video with the writer and director of The Artist telling why he made the movie and just why it is so successful. I've always appreciated silent movies. You fill in a lot of the story your self and the actors are there to give little hints to what you should be feeling. The director of a silent film has a much harder job getting a point across, everything matters. It is up to the audience to do most of the job putting everything together. Having to create most of the connections yourself can have a much more direct impact on you, you are not simply watching something play out on the screen, you mind is directly involved in the story playing out. I guess this is why I appreciate silent movies and also movies with subtitles, as you get a lot of the same things. With subtitles you tent to tell the story in your own head at your own pace and the movie is playing in the background acting out what you are thinking. This all seems like I'm rambling, and kind of bumbling along. Anyway, I haven't seen The Artist yet but i definitely intend to.

The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius from Joe LaMattina on Vimeo.
Director / Producer: Joe LaMattina
DP: Michael Lockridge
Editor: Joe LaMattina
Sound: Mike Baum
GRFX: Justin Altman
Camera Assist: Chris Phelps
Special Thanks to Carson Daly, Stewart Bailey, Cinefamily.org, Omar & Uggie