If You Try To Make A Silent

Usually, When You Do A Period Movie, You Just Recreate What You Are Shooting. You Don't Recreate The Way You Shoot It. I Think I Did The Same Thing Here As I Did In The Oss 117 Movies. I Recreated The Way To Shoot That Period, Because To Me, Like What I Was Saying About The Steadicam, There's No Sense To Do A Steadicam Shot In The 1920s Because You Have Never Seen The '20s Like That. You Can't Believe There Was A Steadicam In The 1920s. I Believe It's A Continuation Of The Oss 117 In A Way But Without The Irony.

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.

It's About Storytelling. The Story Is Told Through Images. So With The Cast, I Had To Make Sure That The Emotions Were Readable Without Sound... I Know Some Great Actors, If You Turn Off The Sound, You Don't Really Know What They're Saying

I Looked At A Lot Of Photos From Hollywood In The '20s, Photographs Of Silent Movies Being Filmed All Over The World Which Are Very Specific And Very Evocative. Berenice, The Lead Actress, Is My Wife. She Really Followed The Same Path With Me.

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.