1. F.W. Murnau - Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (Trailer, 1927)

    Wow.

    Roger Ebert, on Sunrise:

    Murnau, raised in the dark shadows of expressionism, pushed his images as far as he could, forced them upon us, haunted us with them. The more you consider “Sunrise” the deeper it becomes — not because the story grows any more subtle, but because you realize the real subject is the horror beneath the surface.

And, then, you were all...

  1. jwock reblogged this from merlin and added:
    – merlin Yes. Yes many times over. I was fortunate enough to see this film when my college’s theater screened it some...
  2. davethebrave reblogged this from merlin and added:
    Murnau also filmed him some Polynesian titties before he died. Dude was like Spring Break and the morose existentialist...
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