My Silent Movie World – “The Artist”

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My Silent Movie World – “The Artist”

I was shocked into a world of the almost silent. The screen was filled with nothing but black and white images. But it wasn’t completely silent in that there was movie music woven all through the show.

Does that sound complicated for you.

Last evening my wife and I saw “The Artist”, a movie about the silent movie days and the transformation to the newer talking movies (sound movies).

During the silent movie era people might have had a live orchestra playing down front as the action on the screen took place… or they may have had a single piano player spicing up the movie with his ability to entertain.

Last night we were whisked back to the ear between 1927 and 1932. My mom was 5 years old way back in 1927 – so it really predates her 91 years.

I listened to the people around me in the theatre. There was dead silence for the most part and yet some did laugh out loud at the appropriate places. And the audience was 90% people my age… with a mixture of the sharper young adults.

I doubt I could get my grandkids to sit through this one. Not nearly enough noise and action. This one required a person to think the entire way through the story that you knew was going to go a certain way.

BTW – every Old Car buff needs to see this movie. This show was loaded with dozens of vehicle from the early days of the automobile.

My head is still feeling the sense of the silent movies. Oddly enough I can hear the music this morning early.

You gotta go… it is not likely to be back in the theatres again real soon… you gotta go…. Before the lack of blood a guts and explosions blows this one away…go!

Take a look at the Trailer http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2003082265/

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Resource:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artist_(film)
http://www.cineplex.com/Movies/MovieDetails/The-Artist.aspx?loc_cookie=PETERBOROUGH+-+ON
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655442/
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2003082265/