#silent movie

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. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#became #device #directing #expression #fascinated

I try to respect the rules of the silent movies and I tried to make signification to make sense, and also the crew were very good and the fact that we shot in LA in the real Hollywood, studios and houses. We shot in the bed of Mary Pickford, and you cannot be any more accurate than that, so that helped a lot. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#also #any #bed #cannot #crew

This is the problem with language, and this is what makes silent movies fun, because the connection with them, me or the audience is not with the language. There's no question of interpretation of what we are saying it's just about feeling. You create your own story. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#audience #because #connection #create #feeling

When you look at the early-'30s movies, like King Kong, the codes of acting are very similar to those of silent movies. In some of the silent movies - the good ones, the ones done by the best directors - the acting is very, very natural. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#best #codes #directors #done #good

Right now I'm the most famous silent movie actress in the world and I want to keep that for me. So I hope there's not going to be any other silent movies. ↗

— Berenice Bejo

#any #famous #going #hope #i

I think the approach of the character for us is the same in a silent movie as in a talking movie because we had balance, we had lines to learn. ↗

— Berenice Bejo

#balance #because #character #had #i

When you see a silent movie, you understand everything that's going on from the images because the images are so strong. ↗

— Monica Bellucci

#everything #going #images #movie #see

I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety. ↗

— Barry Levinson

#brooks #chance #films #got #high

As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies. There's always the little guy who's the sidekick to the tall, good-looking guy who gets the girl. ↗

— Curtis Armstrong

#always #back #character #gets #girl

As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies. ↗

— Curtis Armstrong

#back #character #i #line #long