Sunrise (Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans) (1927)
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" 1st Academy Awards (1929) Best Unique and Artistic Picture"

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" Notes: From all the movies I have seen so far directed by Murnau, to be honest, it was the one that did impress me the least. It’s interesting because all the reviews I read afterwards were gushing about how this movie was above all a technical marvel. In fact, I find it rather hard to judge such an old movie on this aspect alone. Indeed, we have been so accustomed to see such elaborate modern movies, I mean, visually speaking, and I tend to forget how difficult, even impossible, it was to "

" Notes: From all the movies I have seen so far directed by Murnau, to be honest, it was the one that did impress me the least. It’s interesting because all the reviews I read afterwards were gushing about how this movie was above all a technical marvel. In fact, I find it rather hard to judge such an old movie on this aspect alone. Indeed, we have been so accustomed to see such elaborate modern movies, I mean, visually speaking, and I tend to forget how difficult, even impossible, it was to "
“Since this movie has a really solid reputation (it is included in the ‘1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die’ list among other things), I was really eager to check it out. Well, from all the movies I have seen so far directed by Murnau, to be honest, it was the one that did impress me the least. It’s interesting because all the reviews I read afterwards were gushing about how this movie was above all a technical marvel. In fact, I find it rather hard to judge such an old movie on this aspect alone. Indeed, we have been so accustomed to see such elaborate modern movies, I mean, visually speaking, and I tend to forget how difficult, even impossible, it was to come up with such striking visuals back then without the usual modern tricks and gadgets. Still, I have to admit that I was ” read more

"“I love how the two leading ladies are so brilliantly juxtaposed. You have the dark jezebel, the city woman who very provocative clothing…, and then you have this beautiful, delicate porcelain doll in Janet Gaynor…. This is the perfect gateway into .” - Drew Barrymore “If anybody wants to see what a silent film is like, they really should watch this one. Because it’s a great beginning to see how powerful a film can be without words…. You never quite know where it’s going. It do"

"Un dramma recitato qua e là in modo accentuato, una struttura rigida (tragedia/commedia/tragedia) e una storia esile che nella sezione della città vissuta come Paese dei Balocchi diventa quasi impalpabile: va tutto bene, non importa, questo è un film emozionante e meraviglioso. Basterebbe solo il piano-sequenza dell'Uomo che raggiunge la Donna di Città per l'appuntamento da cui la vicenda prende le mosse: il gioco delle immagini sovrapposte e gli intertitoli quasi assenti (quei pochi che ci "

"Stehako - 9 points. TOTAL SCORE - 9 POINTS. "