I Looked At A Lot Of Photos

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. I Really Don't Want To Make Elitist Movies. I Really Try Hard To Work For The Audience. Audiences Are Smart. They Get Everything.

French Cinema Audiences Usually Don't Express Anything. Certainly Not Satisfaction.

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 To Do A Steadicam Shot In The 1920s Because You Have Never Seen The '20s Like That. You Can't Believe There Was A Steadicam In The 1920s. I Believe It's A Continuation Of The Oss 117 In A Way But Without The Irony.

I Like To Shoot Beautiful Things. My Two Previous Movies Were One In The '60s, The Other One In The '50s, And This One Is In The '20s. This Is A Period That's Very Cinegenic. The Cars, The Props, The Suits, The Haircuts, The Dresses, Everything, And It Gives You Pleasure To Compose Frames With That Material. The Music, I Really Love Jazz, So For Me, When You Have Good Materials And Nice Things, It's Very Pleasant.

To Me The Recognition Of The Audience Is Part Of The Filmmaking Process. When You Make A Movie, It's For Them.