Behind the Scenes
Director
Michel HazanaviciusBeing new to this whole directing-a-silent-film thing, Michel Hazanavicius apparently "immersed" himself in the genre by watching a hundred or more old films, reading memoirs and...
Screenwriter
Michel HazanaviciusWhen Michel Hazanavicius was but a young Jewish lad growing up in Paris, his grandfather used to schlep him to see silent movies on Wednesdays and Saturdays at the local cinema....
Production Studio
The little queen; ARP SélectionAfter producing several dozen French action and comedy films, the president of La Petite Reine, Thomas Langmann, signed on to tackle Hazanavicius' crazy new projectâ...
Production Design
Black and White Silent Film with a Modern TwistThe Artist is shot in 4:3 ratio and is in black and white, but the editing and cinematography are otherwise contemporary, featuring more camera moveme...
Music (Score)
The score in this movie is extra important…because without it, we'd be watching the movie in pretty much dead silence. The composer is Ludovic Bource, a Frenchman who worked with Hazanavicius on...
Fandoms
Does the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences count as a fan club? After all, they gave five gold statuettes to The Artist at the 84th Oscars…which joined this film's collection of three...