The successful cooperation between the male and female protagonists symbolizes the smooth connection between the silent and the sound, and contains the director's hope for the tacit integration of the sound film era and the silent film.
Among them, the quick clips of George Valentine and his wife sitting at two ends of the long dining table are borrowed from Orson Welles' classic black and white film "Citizen Kane", and also hint at the situation of the two male protagonists in the two films. similarities, and the possible decline after fame.
The whole film is the opposite of the silent film style, which expresses the director and screenwriter's thinking about the current film. The silent film has been 85 years away from this era, and the film technology is slowly brewing a change in the progress of the film. What kind of appearance should the coming movies look like in the digital age and the 3D age? At this time, on the way to find the answer, it may be time to return to the film and painting. A tribute to classics like "The Artist" can help people to appreciate the preservation of The charm of light and shadow in black and white films, relive the essence of the film.
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