i’ve been in the mood for movies lately, so i pulled a double feature today, young adult and the artist. i guess i have feelings & opinions on both, but right now i want to talk about one of the stars of the artist, jean dujardin. so great. he had the perfect face for this movie. where did they find him? [France, you idiot. The director is French & he’s done a number of comedies with Dujardin as his leading man. Don’t you retain anything from those articles you read? - Grumpy Ed.]
even though he was supposed to be a silent film star, dujardin was giving me a serious case of the gene kellys. here’s dujardin…
… and here’s g.kells.
now, jean dujardin is no dancer - don’t let the stiff tap dancing fool you - but he still had a good bit of kelly’s grace, which is tough to duplicate. you either have it or you don’t. he also looked good in high-waisted trousers and that was gene’s whole steeze.
so, among other things, the artist made me want to watch gene kelly clips all night.
to recap, jean dujardin:
gene kelly:
gene kelly dancing:
