The Germans were much more ...

The Germans were much more graphical. The expressionism is much more than cinema. It was a movement with artists, painters, music and architecture, so it's really graphic and visual. And the French were something else.
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 Michel Hazanavicius

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I am unusual for a Frenchman - I have absolutely nothing against the United States.
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 Michel Hazanavicius
To me the recognition of the audience is part of the filmmaking process. When you make a movie, it's for them.
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I'm very happy in France making movies.
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It's not my job. The Weinstein company, it's their job to convince people. My job was to make the movie. That's what I did. I know what we did in France was to have the maximum screenings just to let people talk about the movie and say they enjoyed the movie.
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Robert DeNiro, who may be the greatest living actor, usually acts in a way which is very stone-faced, like Steve McQueen. For example, Steve McQueen, if you cut the sound, you don't know what he's acting really. He gives to the lines, to the text, something very special, and he's very good. He was a great actor. But, to do a silent movie, you have to have more expressive actors.
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 Michel Hazanavicius