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propmaker	THE ARTIST - new silent film	Lead	[-]
May 17 11 11:34 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I just saw the trailer for THE ARTIST, a newly produced b&w silent film now appearing in competition at the Cannes film festival and was blown away. One of the best trailers I ever seen. It looks like it was produced in 1927. See link below. http://www.awardsdaily.co...2011-the-artist-trailer/
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W0m6at		#1	[-]
May 17 11 7:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Looks promising.
scotpens		#2	[-]
May 17 11 10:06 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Looks interesting, if only as a technical exercise. Of course, it’s the sort of thing that will have film geeks and nitpickers examining every frame for anachronisms. And speaking of anachronisms, if the film is supposed to take place in 1927, why does the trailer feature Benny Goodman’s recording of the big-band classic “Sing, Sing, Sing,” made 10 years later?
Wich2		#3	[-]
May 17 11 10:07 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yeah, it could really misfire - but it also looks like it might REALLY work...
erik1925.stylec		#4	[-]
May 17 11 10:24 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It has the problem of almost trying too hard to 'look' like a silent. When silents were made, that is how they were produced. And when I watched this, it made me think of a 1930s film, actually, with no dialog.. so a little odd, IMO. Some of the gestures of the actress especially, looked forced. Good experiment, as someone else said, tho.
propmaker		#5	[-]
May 17 11 11:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	erik1925 wrote: It has the problem of almost trying too hard to 'look' like a silent. When silents were made, that is how they were produced. And when I watched this, it made me think of a 1930s film, actually, with no dialog.. so a little odd, IMO. Some of the gestures of the actress especially, looked forced. Good experiment, as someone else said, tho. Looking at it again, you are right, the trailer does have a glossy 1930's MGM musical look to it.
Tim Hammell		#6	[-]
May 18 11 5:47 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The story I'm picking up from the trailer seems to be a kind of "A Star is Born" thing. Looks very nice and might be very cool, I'd probably check it out but how hard is it to mimic prior film styles and shooting? Could be an exercise in spot the film reference from the 30s and 40s too - Fred Astaire dance numbers, Dorian Gray, Jean Harlow (Public Enemy?). Last Edited By: Tim Hammell May 18 11 5:53 AM. Edited 2 times.
scotpens		#7	[-]
May 18 11 4:07 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tim Hammell wrote: . . . Looks very nice and might be very cool, I'd probably check it out but how hard is it to mimic prior film styles and shooting? Woody Allen did a pretty good job of it in Zelig.
Wich2		#8	[-]
May 18 11 4:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ditto Phil Kaufman in segments of THE RIGHT STUFF.
propmaker		#9	[-]
May 22 11 1:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The star of THE ARTIST, Jean Dujardin, won BEST ACTOR award at Cannes film festival this weekend.
propmaker		#10	[-]
May 22 11 1:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	... and Uggy, the terrier who appears in THE ARTIST, has won the 2011 'Palm Dog' award. Last Edited By: propmaker May 22 11 1:44 PM. Edited 1 times.
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BixB		#11	[-]
May 24 11 10:35 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	scotpens wrote: ....if the film is supposed to take place in 1927, why does the trailer feature Benny Goodman’s recording of the big-band classic “Sing, Sing, Sing,” made 10 years later? That really bothered me, too. Someone mentioned that sometimes music is slapdashed together for trailers and hopefully a more true to the period score is utilized. Vince Giordano would have been a perfect choice to score this film. Joe Busam
ryanbrennan		#12	[-]
Jun 25 11 1:38 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Dujardin is the star of the O.S.S. spoofs and is a great comedic talent. In those films he's got a 10,000 watt smile and it's really hard to not like him.
propmaker		#13	[-]
Nov 25 11 12:15 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	THE ARTIST opens in Los Angeles today. It got an excellent front page review in the Calendar section of the LA TIMES. Surprisingly for a small budget, black and white silent movie it's gaining Oscar buzz. Last Edited By: propmaker Nov 25 11 12:24 PM. Edited 1 times.
jplibby		#14	[-]
Nov 25 11 2:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Looks like there is another new silent film heading to our movie screens soon as well: http://www.silentlifefilm.com/
Wich2		#15	[-]
Nov 25 11 2:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Touched on this down in the Off-Topic Movies folder: Saw the S.A.G screening of THE ARTIST the other night, with the male lead in attendence. It's a mite long. But it's an obvious labor-of-love valentine to Late Silent Hollywood that gets most of the tropes of that era right. Nicely written, shot, acted, and scored - with much repurposing of vintage music. Interesting to hear that it was actually shot in color, as the conversion (computer tweaked in post?) to rich B & W looks very good. And it has one of the best, most endearing canine performances in years - another nod to the era of Rin Tin Tin, Shep, et al.
propmaker		#16	[-]
Nov 26 11 12:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts
David Scott Butner		#17	[-]
Nov 26 11 5:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Caught this one last night and genuinely enjoyed it. The storyline of the film does span the course of a few years from the end of the silent into the early talkie era, and yes, some of the music is not precisely of its period (even a large chunk of Bernard Hermann's score to Vertigo gets featured at one point), but John Goodman, in particular, looks like he belongs in silent pictures. Now, while I was watching the film, it immediately struck me that the George Valentin character was clearly patterned on Douglas Fairbanks, an assumption that was more-or-less verified by the film's inclusion of actual footage from the Mark of Zorro at one point. However, though my thoughts turned in the direction of Joan Crawford, when I was trying to determine on whom the female lead, Peppy, was based, I'd be curious as to what other posters' opinion is on this question. ------------- "It is, after all, better to be frightened than to be crushed."
todmichel		#18	[-]
Nov 26 11 5:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	In one of his two OSS117 movies (both made by the same director than THE ARTIST), Jean Dujardin is invited in a "costumed" reunion (not realizing that the wanted costume is the Nazi uniform) and arrives disguised as... Robin Hood. His ressemblance with Errol Flynn is striking.
Wich2		#19	[-]
Nov 26 11 8:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	David, I said, "Doug" to The Wife early as we watched, too. As for a template for the girl you're right, she looks a little like Joan - but I was thinking Janet Gaynor a bit.
propmaker		#20	[-]
Nov 29 11 8:34 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Just saw this film today. Wow. If you are a lover of silent films, this one is a must see. Rather than trying to replicate a silent film from 1927, the director uses the tools available in 1927 to tell his own unique story in his own unique way. The two leads are perfectly cast, and even the hero’s little dog puts in a star turn worthy of Rin Tin Tin.
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