If You Try To Make A Silent

People Inside The Theaters Usually, Not 100 Percent But Most Of Them, Enjoy The Movie. Usually They Come With A Small Negative View. In A Way, They're Prepared To Get Bored Because It's Silent And Because It's Black And White. So They Are Much More Pleased To Be Entertained In A Way. They're Very Happy When They Go Out. This Was My Job. For The Other Ones, I Can Do Nothing Except Screen The Movie And Hope That They Will Say To Their Friends That It's Not So [bad].

When You Look At The Early-'30s Movies, Like King Kong, The Codes Of Acting Are Very Similar To Those Of Silent Movies. In Some Of The Silent Movies - The Good Ones, The Ones Done By The Best Directors - The Acting Is Very, Very Natural

When You're With Your Wife, You Don't Say I Love You To Your Wife Every Day But The Ways You Look At Her And Your Actions Are Another Way To Communicate. Don't Focus On Dialogue, Only Focus On What You're Expressing.

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I Thought 'the Artist' Was A Perfect Way To Find A Good Balance. The Artistic Challenge Is Obvious Because The Film Is Black-and-white And Its Silent, But I Did My Best To Make The Movie Accessible And Easy To Watch. I Really Don't Want To Make Elitist Movies. I Really Try Hard To Work For The Audience. Audiences Are Smart. They Get Everything.