it is very speciaspatial. being silent, and leaves so much room for your imagination.eople enjoy that also, i think it is a movie without cynicism and without sarcasm. and it is a of movie about hollywood and about america. many people are happy to see a naive movie about hollywood. i think maybe that works. and maybe, i don't know. maybe there is some kind of -- it is a new experiment. they think, it is silent, black- and-white, french. maybe it is going to be boring. tavis: [laughter] >> maybe they have a negative idea. the movie is easy to watch, so they are more happy. what may tavis: do think that this would work? -- tavis: what made you think this would work? and i ask it specifically because in france and around the world, because of technology and so many other things, our attention span is so short. what made you think that a silent film today would work? >> i would never have expected that kind of response of the audience. the financing people, i told them that maybe with festivals and with the critics it could work. but i haven't a hunch that it was a good m