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The Artist's Speech

Submitted by Rachel Schneider on Thu, 2012-05-03 00:11

Intertitle from The Artist; white letters against a black background say, "Speak!"

Image Credit: Screenshot from YouTube

H/T: Emily Friedman

The audience hears violins sawing tensely as they watch a man scream on screen; only, he is mute.  He moves his mouth, but we only learn his words through intertitles:  “I won’t talk!  I won’t say a word!!!”  So opens the 2011 Academy Award-winning film The Artist.

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