So what’s (really) old in film is new again with the 2011 silent French romantic comedy drama film The Artist, directed by Michel Hazanavicius, that took the Best Film award at this year’s Oscars. (The film already has a Golden Globe award and a French César Award). I read on-line that 80% of silent movies were destroyed when modern sound film (the ‘talkies’) started to take over in 1929.
