I finally watched 2012's 'Best Film of The Year' last night (such a great honour bestowed so early in the year) and I'm glad I got to see what all the hype was about. I'd read so much about it- how it was shot in black and white, how it was a silent film but Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bojo are fantastic in the film and their expressions are amazing- so amazing that you don't need dialogue.
And it was all so true.
At first, it was a bit disconcerting to not hear any dialogue when the film began but fifteen minutes into it, the silence didn't matter. The music accompaniment went so well with the scenes (really great score) and the dance numbers in between were lovely. Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bojo had such great chemistry and the supporting cast was endearing (the farmer from Babe, the movie is in it!).
Jean Dujardin really looked like he was born to play this part- he has this Classic Hollywood look about him (I swear it's the deep set eyes); he really got me thinking about washed up stars (who exist and wander around in this present day) and how silent stars were eventually and (too-quickly) over-shadowed by talkies. Berenice Bojo was so beautiful in her 1920s-30s outfits and her face is so lovely and asymmetrical (even her fake mole was pretty). Her eagerness and sincerity balanced as a rising star in Hollywood shone through . Some people have commented that this movie was a poor attempt to recapture the magic of silent films but it was as Classic as it can ever get in this age of CGI, re-makes and sequels and Hollywood cliches. I can't wait to see how it fares at the Oscars next month.
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