If you try to make a silent movie with a normal script and you just pull out the dialogue, you will have big problems with the actors because you will ask them to tell a story that you don't know. — 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 it's the purest way to tell a story. It's about creating images that tell a story and you… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I am unusual for a Frenchman - I have absolutely nothing against the United States. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share
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
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
I make almost all the decisions on set and have to deal with all the financial aspects. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share
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
I strongly believe cinema is popular culture. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. That's life. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share
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
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
I always try to make popular films. Even in black-and-white and silent. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share
An idea is something you work on to make it work and a desire is much deeper in a way. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share
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
I think there's something in common with the OSS 117 movies. The big difference is there's no irony in this one. It's not parody.… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share
With silent films, you're better off avoiding irony, because the spectator is your accomplice. It's this pact that leads to emotion being created. — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share
