Movie #177: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Movie #: 177
Movie Title: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Year Released: 1927

Director: F.W. Murnau
Notable Cast: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston

Short Description: A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: #82
IMDB.com: N/A
Ranker.com: N/A
Lifed.com: #83
Empire.com: N/A
FilmCrave.com: N/A
FlickChart.com: N/A



Date Watched: 1/27/2016

Grade: 3 out of 5 (Good)

Rationale: Ah, a good old-fashioned silent film. Based on precedent and personal preference I’m always leery of watching films from this age of film, but Sunrise was actually decent. Visuals are clearly key when watching silent films and I thought the acting, stiff as it may have been given how acting as done 90 years ago, was fine. I don’t think it was necessarily special and I’m pretty positive I wouldn’t have it on a top 100 list of my own, but watching it once is worth it.