It seems the biggest movie of the year is The Artist.
Overall it won five Oscars which is no small feat for a foreign film. I didn’t
think it would win Best Picture if I’m honest as the Americans very rarely give
Academy Awards to movies that are remotely foreign.
The Artist is foreign in two ways, first it is from France
with many French cast and crew, secondly it’s completely against what’s normal
in modern cinema. For a start it’s a silent movie which is pretty irregular in
the age of soddingly loud THX promos.
