What was the movie The Artist about?
In the 1920s, actor George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a bona fide matinee idol with many adoring fans. While working on his latest film, George finds himself falling in love with an ingenue named Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo) and, what’s more, it seems Peppy feels the same way. But George is reluctant to cheat on his wife with the beautiful young actress. The growing popularity of sound in movies further separates the potential lovers, as George’s career begins to fade while Peppy’s star rises.
The Artist/Film synopsis
Is The Artist a true story?
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Do they ever talk in the movie The Artist?
In a dream, Valentin begins hearing sounds from his environment (as does the audience), but cannot speak himself, then wakes up in a sweat. He decides to produce and direct his own silent film, Tears of Love, financing it himself.
What is it that makes George Valentin become obsolete?
Faced with the economic insecurity of the Depression and technological change that threatens to make him obsolete, George is being crushed in a vise grip all too familiar to middle-class, middle-age Americans.
Who was the artist that cut off his ear?
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh cut off his left ear when tempers flared with Paul Gauguin, the artist with whom he had been working for a while in Arles. Van Gogh’s illness revealed itself: he began to hallucinate and suffered attacks in which he lost consciousness. During one of these attacks, he used the knife.
What language is the artist in?
English
French
The Artist/Languages
What is the message of the artist 2011?
The narrative of The Artist also suggests the dual nostalgia/progressive theme, for not only is the film about George’s downward spiral, but it is also about the rise to success of Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo) who benefits from the transition to sound.