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Actors: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Sunrise |
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SUNRISE is a movie directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau in 1927. This picture earned three Academy awards in 1929 : Best Picture, best actress and best cinematography and has often been selected as one of the ten best movies ever made.
The city vamp Margaret Livingston has seduced the farmer George O'Brien who abandons his family every night in order to meet his mistress. Soon, she asks him to murder his wife in order to follow her back to the City.
O'Brien, blinded by his passion, tries to drown his wife but, at the last moment, realizes what he's doing. After this tragic scene, the couple spends a day in the City, rekindling its affectionate relation. O'Brien has finally made a choice between wild sex and love in the boundaries of marriage.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Sunrise |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1900-1920's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
- rekindling lost love/marriage
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Blackmail & Seduction?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- farmer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- deluded
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- prostitute/concubine
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
Water?
Yes
Water:
- pleasure/love boat
- drowning
City?
Yes
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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