I Make Almost All The Decisions On

I Make Almost All The Decisions On Set And Have To Deal With All The Financial Aspects.

I Can Say Is Usually People Are Slightly Confused. They Think That Silent Movies Are Old. But, The Fact Is, They Are Old Because They Have Been Made In The '20s. That's The Thing That Makes Them Old. Not The Format. The Format Is Just A Format. It's Not An Old Format.

It's Just Incredible. When You're French, Coming From A Non-english Language Country, You Don't Even Dream About Oscar Recognition Or Nominations. It's Just Beyond The Dream. It's Something Very, Very Special And Unique. It's The Highest Recognition Any Filmmaker Could Dream Of

But Sometimes I Think You Have To Try To Do Things That People Don't Think Are Doable.

Actually, I Met A Lot Of Directors And Most Of Them Have That Fantasy To Make A Silent Movie Because For Directors It's The Purest Way To Tell A Story. It's About Creating Images That Tell A Story And You Don't Need Dialogue For That.