the artist

Rating: Null/10 (5 August 2014)

We hardly watch silent films and also black and white films. I have ever watched some monochrome films, and they are so-called masterpieces like Casablanca and Roman Holiday, so I was excited when I watched the opening because it reminded such great films.
The story is simple as the direction. The film does not need any effects to tell the story to us like computer graphics, complicated story unfolds and even the words. The characters' expressive faces and their realistic acting are enough to make us be fascinated into the story. However, actually this film uses sounds efficiently. From the beginning to the end, music is played, and we hear sound effects sometimes. Finally the characters dance to the up-tempo music. They help us to understand the situations.
The silent film was new for me. I usually watch films that are color, and use computer graphics, and I thought that old films were monochrome because of technical problems. However this film told me that black and white film is not old.