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Michel Hazanavicius
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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."
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Michel Hazanavicius
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Movies
"I’m very happy in France making movies."
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Michel Hazanavicius
Topic(s):
Movies
"Maybe I’ve seen more Hollywood movies than French movies."
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Michel Hazanavicius
Topic(s):
Movies
"When you speak of silent movies, everyone thinks of Charlie Chaplin first."
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Michel Hazanavicius
Topic(s):
Movies
"I try to respect the rules of the silent movies and I tried to make signification to make sense, and also the crew were very good and the fact that we shot in LA in the real Hollywood, studios and houses. We shot in the bed of Mary Pickford, and you cannot be any more accurate than that, so that helped a lot."
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Michel Hazanavicius
Topic(s):
Movies
"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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Michel Hazanavicius
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Movies
"Sure, I watched a lot of Hollywood movies. Maybe I’ve seen more Hollywood movies than French movies."
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Michel Hazanavicius
Topic(s):
Movies
"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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Michel Hazanavicius
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Movies
"I thought ‘The Artist’ was a perfect way to find a good balance. The artistic challenge is obvious because the film is black-and-white and its silent, but I did my best to make the movie accessible and easy to watch. I really don’t want to make elitist movies. I really try hard to work for the audience. Audiences are smart. They get everything."
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Michel Hazanavicius
Topic(s):
Movies
"I watched a lot of silent directors who were absolutely great like John Ford and Fritz Lang, Tod Browning, and also some very modern directors like The Coen Brothers. The directors take the freedom within their own movies to be melodramatic or funny when they chose to be. They do whatever they want and they don’t care about the genre."
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Michel Hazanavicius
Topic(s):
Freedom
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