Michel Hazanavicius Quotes

French - Director | March 29, 1967 -

Silence is a universal language. It's like music or painting.

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I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by the format - how it works, the device of the silent movie. It's not the same form of expression as a talkie. The lack of sounds makes you participate in the storytelling.

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Sure, I watched a lot of Hollywood movies. Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movies than French movies.

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When you're with your wife, you don't say I love you to your wife every day but the ways you look at her and your actions are another way to communicate. Don't focus on dialogue, only focus on what you're expressing.

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Here in France, what we love is Life. And all the pleasures that go with it.

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I thought 'The Artist' was a perfect way to find a good balance. The artistic challenge is obvious because the film is black-and-white and its silent, but I did my best to make the movie accessible and easy to watch. I really don't want to make elitist movies. I really try hard to work for the audience. Audiences are smart. They get everything.

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It's just incredible. When you're French, coming from a non-English language country, you don't even dream about Oscar recognition or nominations. It's just beyond the dream. It's something very, very special and unique. It's the highest recognition any filmmaker could dream of.

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When we were making the movie, winning awards for it wasn't the point at all. We didn't even have an American distributor.

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I think we are at the very beginning of high changes, not only in terms of digital film, but in the way the movies will be screened, whether they'll be screened on phones, on computers - on everything.

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To me the recognition of the audience is part of the filmmaking process. When you make a movie, it's for them.

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There's always been a struggle with filmmakers between art and industry, and you have to find a balance.

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The fact that I made a special movie with an old-fashioned style - even if it's a mix between with modern and old-fashioned things - must mean I feel both ways about change. In a way I'm resisting, but in a way adapting myself to the times.

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