There are not too many times in my life I find myself speechless, but the movie, "The Artist", did that to me.
Where do I begin. It's silent and B/W and it's packing houses. I think anyone and everyone who is in the business of visual storytelling should be required to see this movie.
Then there's all the homages to past films, "Citizen Kane", "A Star is Born" any Fred & Ginger movie. It even pays homage to the Garbo/Gilbert on/off screen romance.
This is a film that truly has learned from and to respect those film that came before and as a film history teacher, it warmed my heart.
If this doesn't win best picture Oscar, the Academy has lost their minds.
It will probably get a wider release when nominated for an Oscar but for now try and see it where ever you can. It's worth it!
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