tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post28955811888650224..comments2024-01-26T00:54:19.338+08:00Comments on Lessons From the School of Inattention: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)Oggs Cruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-33969240777879575842010-01-22T09:17:03.780+08:002010-01-22T09:17:03.780+08:00It is still one of the most unforgettable films i ...It is still one of the most unforgettable films i have ever watched.Adrian Mendizabalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627346620368062069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-2529771473720973272007-03-27T07:37:00.000+08:002007-03-27T07:37:00.000+08:00Thanks campaspe (or should I call you Siren),I'm r...Thanks campaspe (or should I call you Siren),<BR/><BR/>I'm really envious since you guys were able to write about something other than the usual suspects (Sunrise, Wings, etc.). My main problem is that there is little to no availability of films from the silent era in my impoverished tropical nation (heck, we can't even afford to archive our films properly --- and the world is losing great films yearly for neglecting my nation's cinema). I wanted to write a Filipino silent film but there is none available or existing in watchable form. I'd love to watch each and every one of the films (especially the one you wrote about, which is so seductively described by you) in the blog-a-thon, but alas, I'll have to wait.Oggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-45700050904633176942007-03-27T06:20:00.000+08:002007-03-27T06:20:00.000+08:00Well done. I love Sunrise too, so much I wasn't su...Well done. I love Sunrise too, so much I wasn't sure I felt up to the task of blogging about it. Glad I didn't, because this is a great job. I had no idea it was based on a novel by Herman Sudermann; so was the movie I blogged about for this blog-a-thon, Flesh and the Devil.The Sirenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13587505433284584391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-69591932402072008802007-03-26T17:20:00.000+08:002007-03-26T17:20:00.000+08:00And I forgot to mention, embarrassing as it may se...And I forgot to mention, embarrassing as it may seem, that I got so affected when the wife ran away from the husband in fear, and the husband kept on pursuing the wife for forgiveness. Those sequences up to the prolonged dance hall and pig scene were so powerfully raw, that I can't help but shed a few tears...Oggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-23163949858080875742007-03-26T12:24:00.000+08:002007-03-26T12:24:00.000+08:00Thanks Damian,I was actually planning on doing a p...Thanks Damian,<BR/><BR/>I was actually planning on doing a piece on this, Hitchcock's The Lodger, or deMille's King of Kings. However, I didn't have any passable copy of the Hitchcock, and deMille's film is just too long, with too many versions, thus too many facets to talk about, and I only have so little time. The logical choice is Murnau --- and it's quite a thrilling experience.Oggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-57691490191899899122007-03-26T06:16:00.000+08:002007-03-26T06:16:00.000+08:00Oops. I meant for that second sentence to say "I l...Oops. I meant for that second sentence to say "I love <I>Sunrise.</I>" There are actually a number of spelling errors in that response. How embarassing. I thought I was clicking "preview," but I guess I was really clicking "Publish." Oh well.Damian Arlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07937513879456460221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-47469816092441532402007-03-26T06:13:00.000+08:002007-03-26T06:13:00.000+08:00Great post. I Sunrise. I actually considered writi...Great post. I <I>Sunrise.</I> I actually considered writing abou it for the blog-a-thon but ultimately decided not to. Now, of course, I'm glad I didn't as I'd hate to be compared with your post. <BR/><BR/>My first viewing of <I>Sunrise</I> was completely by accident. A friend had just started watching it in the living room of my co-ed in college when I was walking by. I never intended to sit through the whole thing I just found myself getting emotionally "sucked in" to the story and the characters. Granted, the situations and thier outcomes are all rather melodramatic, but there was something about the beauty of its simplicity (not to mention its mages) and the conviction of its performances that I found very moving. Like you, I don't know that I'm prepared to say it's Murnau's greatest film, but it is my personal favorite of his, since I find myself I responding to it a whole lot more than "masterpieces" like <I>Nosferatu.</I> Sometimes there are films that you can "admire" more than you can love.Damian Arlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07937513879456460221noreply@blogger.com