"The Artist" recaptures silent era at premiere.
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"The Artist," a throwback to the era of silent films, had its Los Angeles premiere in Beverly Hills on Monday (November 21), where its stars arrived by vintage cars before stepping back into the "golden age" of Hollywood.
Winner of the prize for Best Actor at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, director Michel Hazanavicius's "The Artist" is a heartfelt and entertaining valentine to classic American cinema. Set during the twilight of Hollywood's silent era and shot on location in Los Angeles, it tells the story of a charismatic movie star unhappily confronting the new world of talking pictures. Mixing comedy, romance and melodrama, "The Artist" is itself an example of the form it celebrates: a black-and-white silent film that relies on images, actors and music to weave its story.
SOUNDBITE Director Michel Hazanavicius on the film.
"The Artist," a throwback to the era of silent films, had its Los Angeles premiere in Beverly Hills on Monday (November 21), where its stars arrived by vintage cars before stepping back into the "golden age" of Hollywood.
Winner of the prize for Best Actor at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, director Michel Hazanavicius's "The Artist" is a heartfelt and entertaining valentine to classic American cinema. Set during the twilight of Hollywood's silent era and shot on location in Los Angeles, it tells the story of a charismatic movie star unhappily confronting the new world of talking pictures. Mixing comedy, romance and melodrama, "The Artist" is itself an example of the form it celebrates: a black-and-white silent film that relies on images, actors and music to weave its story.
SOUNDBITE Director Michel Hazanavicius on the film.