I finally saw The Artist last week. I knew about the Vertigo quote and
thought that Herrmann's music suited the scene to which it had been applied,
but I still find the use questionable. One of my friends who saw the film
before I did, told me that the Vertigo quote pulled him completely out of
the film. I can see his point - the score to Vertigo is iconic if every a
films score can be referred to as such.
On the film itself, I did thoroughly enjoy it, but don't really see it as
best of the year. I thought Hugo was a terrific film, and of the two "silent
era" echoes currently at the multiplexes, much more worthy of the praise
that has been heaped on The Artist, enjoyable as it is.
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