"The Artist"
by Mychael Foster
This film embodies the true essence that is silent film. We
have two classic looking actors, overly expressed faces, and an epic love
story. For me this film was
perfect, but I have a long relationship with silent movies and black and white
movies since I was a child. For this reason, I could pick out certain moments
in The Artist that mirrored certain shots or styles from films of the time.
There is this staircase shot that stands out to me even now, it was like
stepping back in time and walking into a theater to see my first silent film on
screen. Which in all reality it was my first silent film on the big screen. The
comparisons in the movie to current filmmaking endeavors such as 2D to 3D
really stuck out to me. The movie is about an actor who refuses to progress
with the industry and in doing so gets left in the dust. Can’t this be said
about 3D movies? So many people fight it, but it seems to be the future.
Overall this movie was fantastic, beautiful, elegant, and all around a piece of
art.
4 Stars (reason being the movie wasn't original enough for me)
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