the roaring twenties’s silent film

The movie « The Artist » is a good representation of the roaring twenties’s cinema. It’s a silent film in black and white directed by Michel Hazanavicius and realized in 2011. This film shows Jean Dujardin in the role of  Goerge Valentin, a silent movie star who has to face the arrival of talkies by the end of the roaring twenties. The talkies changed the history of cinema during roaring twenties. This movie represents perfectly this change.

Then, the actrice Berenice Bejo shows the difficulties to become a star in this period.

Finaly, this film has all the features of a silent film, there are no dialogues, no colors and no large screen, still, directors and actors found the way to represents complex stories.

3 réflexions sur « the roaring twenties’s silent film »

  1. I’m in love with this movie, I saw it in theater and I fell in love with Dujardin’s play ! And, the soundtrack is so good ! And the fun fact is that this movie treats of the end of the silent film, and even though the character played by Berenice Bejo become famous with « speak » film, the whole film is silent, and in black and white ! A master piece !

  2. I saw this film last year and at the beginning I was suspicious because I thought a black and white film could be boring. But I quickly changed my opinion, this film is a masterpiece !

  3. I found that movie interesting because it is very special compared to some other film, but I don’t especially love it. However, I agree, it’s a good representation of Roaring Twenties!

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