On 9 January 2012 , actress Kim Novak stated that " rape " had been committed in the film 's licensed use of a portion of Bernard Herrmann 's score from Alfred Hitchcock 's 1958 film '' Vertigo '' ( in which Novak starred ) . The final portion of '' The Artist '' is accompanied not by original music , but by a 1992 recording of the Herrmann composition '' Scene d'Amour '' , conducted by Elmer Bernstein . In the article published , by '' Variety '' , she stated that " I feel as if my body — or at least my body of work — has been violated by the movie . " " This film should 've been able to stand on its own without depending on Bernard Herrmann 's score from Alfred Hitchcock 's ' Vertigo ' to provide more drama " and that " It is morally wrong for the artistry of our industry to use and abuse famous pieces of work to gain attention and applause for other than what they were intended " , ending her comments with " Shame on them ! " In response , director Hazanavicius released a statement : '' The Artist '' was made as a love letter to cinema , and grew out of my ( and all of my cast and crew ’s ) admiration and respect for movies throughout history . It was inspired by the work of Hitchcock , Lang , Ford , Lubitsch , Murnau and Wilder . I love Bernard Herrmann and his music has been used in many different films and I ’m very pleased to have it in mine . I respect Kim Novak greatly and I ’m sorry to hear she disagrees . Hazanavicius also told CNN " I used music from another movie , but it ’s not illegal . We paid for that , we asked for that and we had the permission to do it . For me there is no real controversy ... . I feel sorry for her , but there ’s a lot of movies with music from other movies , directors do that all the time and I ’m not sure it ’s a big deal . " In May 2011 , when the film was first shown at the Cannes Festival , Todd McCarthy from '' The Hollywood Reporter '' mentioned the use of Herrmann 's music , " Hazanavicius and Bource daringly choose to explicitly employ Bernard Herrmann ’s love theme from '' Vertigo '' , which is dramatically effective in its own right but is so well known that it yanks you out of one film and places you in the mind-set of another . Surely some sort of reworked equivalent would have been a better idea . " The film has appeared on the following critics ' top ten lists for the best films of 2011 : At the 65th British Academy Film Awards , the film won seven awards , including Best Film , Best Actor for Dujardin , Best Original Screenplay for Hazanavicius , Cinematography for Schiffman , Costume Design for Bridges and Original Score for Ludovic Bource . At the 69th Golden Globe Awards , the film was nominated for six Golden Globes to win three of them ; Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy , Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Dujardin and Best Musical Score for Bource
69th Golden Globe Awards
69th Golden Globe Awards
The Artist (film)