The Best Film and Soundtrack I've seen in a long time.

Rating: 10/10 (30 January 2012)

I just saw this film and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I was surprised that a black-and-white movie could captivate and affect me so much. Ironically, the fact that it wasn't a color talkie with modern special effects actually helped me to pay attention to the wonderful film; the score/soundtrack (best soundtrack, in my opinion, since I saw "Fantasia" back in the seventies), the facial expressions and bodily movements, and the absence of speaking "spoke" to my emotions rather than to my intellect. Sometimes modern technology, including color, and language distract me; they also seem to enable bad acting and imbecilic plots. The acting in "The Artist" was superb (I especially enjoined the leading man's and leading lady's performances), the costumes were authentic (I loved the fact that men actually dressed up and wore ties to the movies), the vehicles were works of art (rather than the plastic bubbles we drive today); I felt nostalgic for a time when class and compassion reigned supreme.