I thought 'The Artist' was a perfect way to find a good balance. The artistic challenge is obvious because the film is black-and-white and its silent, but I did my best to make the movie accessible and easy to watch.… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I chose the American ones, more or less the last five years of the silent era, because those are the ones that aged the best in the way they tell the story. One, it's about human beings with context. It's… — 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 I did the same thing here as I did in the OSS 117 movies. I recreated the way to shoot that period, because to me, like what I was saying about the Steadicam, there's no sense… — 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 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 see him as a concept. — 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 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
