Wednesday, 8 February 2012

"The Artist"

Nominated for many things, and indeed a beautiful film.

I loved how they played with watching a black & white film in black & white, making the viewer realize that within a 100 years people will watch us like this.

The dream sequence in which he starts to hear sounds, is amazing in its simple complexity (ok, horrible description, but true). Everybody gets it, yet you could talk about it for hours.

A simple story, but nonetheless well executed. His change in the very last scene, from suicidal to open arms, was a bit fast, too sudden, but it didn't rub me in the wrong way.

"Every drop from rain is a penny from heaven", love it.

They cast her - Bérénice Bejo - well. A lovely face, great expressions.