The Artist Ending Speech Fact Check

Friends laughed at Michel Hazanavicius when he wanted to make a silent movie. But Harvey Weinstein loved it – and bought it. Now there are Oscar rumours. He talks to Stuart Jeffries

But it is not merely this: George, in his muddled and hotheaded way, believes talkies are just crass, and that he is an artist. Silence is art: what counts is spectacle and the ecstasy of seeing. And the movie quixotically takes George's side by being silent, with intertitles for dialogue until the very end – when George says something that reveals another reason for his unwillingness to be heard, and also about the European roots of Hollywood Americana. What a wonderful picture this is: one of those films you yearn to watch again and again, while yet being fearful of spoiling the experience.

Peppy arrives and finds that Valentin is about to attempt suicide. She tells him she only wanted to help him. They embrace, and Valentin tells her it is no use; no one wants to hear him speak.

The Reveal: The Suddenly Voiced ending reveals that George speaks with a French accent. While not a major plot surprise, this does add some more depth to George's stubborn refusal to accept talking pictures.note In Real Life most European film ...

The old world of silent film (George) dances side-by-side with the new world of sound cinema (Peppy). George's only words are also the last words of the film: "With pleasure." At last he speaks, ending his stubborn streak and leaving us with the sense that we finally understand him a little better.

She convinces him to come with her and together they start production on a musical talkie, SPARKLE OF LOVE. Dialogue is heard for the first time in the film on the set and it is revealed George has a French accent.

To suggest it as a main premise of the film and not a twister, to me, it's "thinking-too-hard" and also a bit racist as well. Accent wouldn't have been a thing if he wanted to transition. In the end, the artist compromises with another form of pure "art", the dance.

A cinema in Liverpool has confirmed that it refunded moviegoers disappointed to discover that The Artist has almost no dialogue. The critically acclaimed film, which picked up a number of Golden Globe wins and is tipped to do the same at the ...

I actually liked George not clearly stating what his objection to talkies was. Since it wasnt a throw away sentiment but seemingly based on a genuine fear or anxiety (at least thats what I gathered from Jean Dujardin’s expressions and “reading” of the lines) his first spoken line reveals all. The occasionally true and occasionally mythic reason certain actors didn’t make the transition.