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Rating: 8/10 (4 July 2012)

The Artist
When sound came to Hollywood, it not only ended the silent film era but also the careers of many of the days top mute screenwriters.
Surprisingly, this dramedy isn't about those inaudible artisans, but the lead that pantomimed their works.
The roaring twenties, at the height of silent filmmaking, George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is at the top of his game.
All of that changes, however, when he's caught on camera with Peppy (Bérénice Bejo), a struggling actress who he later helps land a role.
While Peppy enjoys a meteoric rise through the studio on the coattails of talkies, George, who refuses to embrace the technology, finds his movies flopping and his fame fleeting.
A black and white homage to an unspoken epoch, The Artist is an imaginative and whimsical version of the ageless allegory of progress.
Incidentally, in the 1920s, with no dialogue, audiences could converse freely throughout an entire movie. (Green Light)
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