Back to the silence

The Oscar buzz is picking up again. Critics and film fans alike are compiling their lists for the upcoming Academy Awards. I'm not going to bore you with another one of those, main reason being that a lot of the films that stand a chance are yet to be released in Europe.

However one film that seemed to pop up a lot was 'The Artist'. It's an old-fashioned silent movie directed by a man with the unpronounceable name of Michel Hazanavicius. The story is about George Valentin (Juan Dujardin); a silent film star in the late 1920's whose career seems at an end the sound is introduced to the cinemas. 

I'm hooked, the mere idea of releasing a silent film in 2012 requires some enormous cojones. I wish Mr. Hazanavicius all the best in the awards season.