The film I am selecting for this Sunday is a 1927 silent film called Sunrise, which I have been looking forward to seeing for a while now. I have read a lot of good things about it but, unfortunately, Netflix does not offer it. Luckily, Rob Arcos @ MOViES ordered it for me and now we can decide for ourselves if it lives up to all the critical acclaim. Below is a synopsis of the film from Netflix:Director F.W. Murnau's emotional odyssey stars George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor as a country couple whose marriage is threatened when O'Brien falls prey to cosmopolitan temptress Margaret Livingston's feminine wiles. Imbued with an intoxicating ambiance in style and substance, the lyrical silent film -- which is, by turns, quixotic, blissful, sensual and terrifying -- chalked up Academy Awards for Best Actress (Gaynor) and Best Cinematography.
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interestingly, Sunrise also won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the first academy awards (sort of... at the time there was a "Best Production" award and a "Best Picture, Unique and Artistic Production" award)... doesn't say that on the netflix synopsis... it beat out King Vidor's The Crowd, which I plan on picking sometime in the not-too-distant future
i know how much the academy matters to you guys..
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