Shed your misconceptions and predispositions about silent film, because The Artist, the passion project of French helmer Michel Hazanavicius, is as much a testament to the power of the cinematic medium as it is a celebration of the silent era. The film aired Sunday afternoon at the Virginia Film Festival and was beautifully written and directed. Archaic only in the sense that it is shot in black-and-white and is "silent," The Artist is an engrossing comedic melodrama which provides a fresh take on the genre and comprehensively displays the visual power of cinema.
Hazanavicius, the popular French director of spy film parody OSS 117: Lost in Rio, has long had the dream of making a silent film. But the roots of this project began with his desire to continue working with Jean Dujardin and B
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