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Sunrise

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927

F.W. Murnau

George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing, J. Farrell MacDonald

8.4

14,773

Drama. Romance A farmer (George O' Brien) lives happily with his wife (Janet Gaynor) until he meets an attractive woman from the city (Margaret Livingstone). The farmer falls in love with this sophisticated woman and starts to think that his wife is standing in the way of their love.

	Media	Author	Review
		Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"A rich, gorgeous silent-era masterpiece. (...) 'Sunrise' shows what an artist of the late silent era could accomplish cinematically, backed by an open checkbook and fueled by the highest aspirations"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] conquered time and gravity with a freedom that was startling to its first audiences. To see it today is to be astonished by the boldness of its visual experimentation (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Mordaunt Hall The New York Times	"It is filled with intense feeling and in it is embodied an underlying subtlety"
		Kim Newman Empire	"Imaginative and surprisingly moving for a silent art movie (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Variety	"'Sunrise' is a distinguished contribution to the screen (...) In its artistry, dramatic power and graphic suggestion it goes a long way toward realizing the promise of this foreign director in his former works"
		Don Macpherson Time Out	"Simple, and intense images of unequalled beauty"
		Pamela Hutchinson The Guardian	"'Sunrise' begins, as so many great films do, with the promise of sex and the threat of violence."
		Bill Weber Slant	"'Sunrise' still astonishes with director F.W. Murnau's visual inventiveness and energy, and its counterintuitive, character-driven story structure (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ciara Wardlow Film School Rejects	"Murnau’s uncanny ability to visualize his character’s emotional states and inner conflicts is unparalleled."

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