Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The five Oscars awarded to “The Artist,” a black-and-white tribute to the silent-picture era, marks a record for a French film as it beat out bigger-budget movies with more famous stars.
The mostly silent film, judged the best picture, won Michel Hazanavicius the award for best director. Jean Dujardin was honored as best actor for playing George Valentin, an aging film star unable to make it in the talkies, making the 39-year-old the first French actor to win the award.
The movie “seduced the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with its ingenuity and grace,” French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a statement. The awards are a tribute to the “extraordinary vitality” of the country’s film industry.
via businessweek.com
No comments:
Post a Comment