I strongly believe cinema is popular culture. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. That's life. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I always try to make popular films. Even in black-and-white and silent. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
The Germans were much more graphical. The expressionism is much more than cinema. It was a movement with artists, painters, music and… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
With silent films, you're better off avoiding irony, because the spectator is your accomplice. It's this pact that leads to emotion being… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I watched a lot of silent movies. It's a very specific way of writing, which is more of a challenge than the… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I like to shoot beautiful things. My two previous movies were one in the '60s, the other one in the '50s, and… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
Sure, I watched a lot of Hollywood movies. Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movies than French movies — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I think we are at the very beginning of high changes, not only in terms of digital film, but in the way… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
My ambition with 'Redoubtable' was to make a film that would be aesthetically pleasing, charming, and touching. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I thought 'The Artist' was a perfect way to find a good balance. The artistic challenge is obvious because the film is… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I try to respect the rules of the silent movies and I tried to make signification to make sense, and also the… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I watched a lot of silent directors who were absolutely great like John Ford and Fritz Lang, Tod Browning, and also some… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
The silent movie is an emotional cinema: it's sensory; the fact that you don't go through a text brings you back to… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
My life is OK. I live in France. It's a very cool country to make films. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I've always been against the idea of dividing films between festival titles and popular movies. I think you can make films that… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
French cinema audiences usually don't express anything. Certainly not satisfaction. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I love silent cinema but don't hold it sacred. Like any branch of film there are some very boring films alongside the… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
Actually, I met a lot of directors and most of them have that fantasy to make a silent movie because for directors… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
To me the recognition of the audience is part of the filmmaking process. When you make a movie, it's for them. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
When you look at the early-'30s movies, like King Kong, the codes of acting are very similar to those of silent movies.… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I looked at a lot of photos from Hollywood in the '20s, photographs of silent movies being filmed all over the world… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I am unusual for a Frenchman - I have absolutely nothing against the United States. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
Usually, when you do a period movie, you just recreate what you are shooting. You don't recreate the way you shoot it. I think… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
In France, it's really different the way you live. It's a non-religious country. The public space is not religious; religion is a private thing. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I make almost all the decisions on set and have to deal with all the financial aspects. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
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… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I strongly believe cinema is popular culture. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. That's life. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
Even if I make fun of him, I try to portray him as a human being. Sometimes because he's the great Jean-Luc Godard, we… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
It's not my job. The Weinstein company, it's their job to convince people. My job was to make the movie. That's what I did.… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I always try to make popular films. Even in black-and-white and silent. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
An idea is something you work on to make it work and a desire is much deeper in a way. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
The Germans were much more graphical. The expressionism is much more than cinema. It was a movement with artists, painters, music and architecture, so… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
