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Kablooie

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12. It won but it's one of the oddest combination of elements in movie history.

Sun Feb 26, 2012, 11:59 PM

Feb 2012

It's a French movie, not American, about the American film industry and filmed entirely in Los Angeles by a French crew.
It's black and white.
It's a 1:66 (old fashioned square format) screen.
It's almost totally silent with cards shown for dialogue.
Doesn't even have sound effects for most of the film.

Very unusual but now in the pantheon of Best Pictures.

And it was a great film!

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Just saw "The Artist" [View all] FSogol Jan 2012 OP

I want to see it! cyberswede Jan 2012 #1

I have friends seeing it tonight. I just wasn't in the mood for an emotion driven film. I might have applegrove Jan 2012 #2

I had the same reaction edhopper Jan 2012 #3

Soundtrack music. dipsydoodle Jan 2012 #4

Is the setting of this movie 1937 or around the time of The Crash? no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #8

Last Hollywood silent movie was made in 1935 dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #9

Yeah, Fletch -- or Paul Whiteman. no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #10

btw dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #11

Easily the best film of the year... trumad Jan 2012 #5

I enjoyed it very much. AtomicKitten Jan 2012 #6

The Artist is the best film of the year, maybe Top 20 of all time graham4anything Feb 2012 #7

It won but it's one of the oddest combination of elements in movie history. Kablooie Feb 2012 #12

Also... FSogol Feb 2012 #13

My sister, who has only recently come to enjoy good film, was stunned by it. mackerel Mar 2012 #14