Review of “THE ARTIST”

     It is said that action speaks louder than word. The film “the  Artist” glorifies this saying. It is a film that is based on the action not on words. It is a black and white movie as well as a silent movie. So whatever the actors want to convey they had to do so through their acts alone. Indeed they had succeeded in doing so. This film has won the Oscar award for the best film for the year 2012. Really, it deserves it.

     You can learn a lot from this film if you are willing to learn. First of all, the film has proved true that the greater the risk the greater is the reward. The Artist is a silent movie. Being a silent movie the film crew has taken a great risk in today's world of multimedia and technology. It has been richly awarded with many rewards.

     Secondly, the film proved that “nothing fails like success” (quoted by Robin Sharma). The protagonist of the movie Mr. George Valentine was once the apple of everyone’s eye when the silent movie was in vogue. But due to his pride, his unwillingness to adapt to the change in circumstances he finds himself in trouble.  He lost his popularity, his fan, and moreover the work as an actor.

     Thirdly, the movie also preaches that you should constantly innovate yourself or be ready to perish. As the hero of the movie find out through the difficult situation when he stops innovating. He finds it ridiculous the idea of the talkies. Soon, the audience finds out that talkies made better sense than silent movie. The hero finds himself out of work. However at the end the hero along with the heroine gives the concept of musical movie to the world of cinema.

     Fourthly, you can get a lesson in history also. The Great Depression of the 1920s, the birth of talkies, the emergence of the musical movie have all been shown in this movie. Thus the movie is steep in knowledge as well as in wisdom.

     Well, I would like to thank Mr Michel Hazanavicius the director of the movie for directing such a wonderful movie. Next I appreciate the risk taking ability of Thomas Langgman, the producer of the movie for producing such a great movie. The actor specially the Jean Dujardin (George Valentine), Uggy (the dog) and Berenice Bejo (Percy Miller) have done a tremendous acting. They have uplifted the movie to its present height.

     So it is a must watched for discerning audience.