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“But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director. Whether I'm French or Australian or whatever, it's really not important.”

Quote by Michel Hazanavicius

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Michel Hazanavicius

Michel Hazanavicius is a French film director renowned for his work on the film 'The Artist', which won multiple awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. His films are often celebrated for their unique style and homage to the history of cinema. more

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“I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by the format - how it works, the device of the silent movie. It's not the same form of expression as a talkie. The lack of sounds makes you participate in the storytelling”

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“I think we are at the very beginning of high changes, not only in terms of digital film, but in the way the movies will be screened, whether they'll be screened on phones, on computers - on everything”

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“This is the problem with language, and this is what makes silent movies fun, because the connection with them, me or the audience is not with the language. There's no question of interpretation of what we are saying it's just about feeling. You create your own story”

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“When you do not have the dialogue to explain things, you will use everything to show and to tell the story. I think that this is what makes you believe that it is impeccable”

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“Sure, I watched a lot of Hollywood movies. Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movies than French movies”

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“It's about storytelling. The story is told through images. So with the cast, I had to make sure that the emotions were readable without sound... I know some great actors, if you turn off the sound, you don't really know what they're saying”

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“There's always been a struggle with filmmakers between art and industry, and you have to find a balance”

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“When you look at the early-'30s movies, like King Kong, the codes of acting are very similar to those of silent movies. In some of the silent movies - the good ones, the ones done by the best directors - the acting is very, very natural”

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