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Sunrise: A Song Of Two Humans – Reviewing The Oldies
17 November 2009 12:23 AM, PST
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Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, to give him his full name, died in an automobile accident in California in 1931. The German-born émigré director was 42 years old. His death was luridly speculated upon by Kenneth Anger in his book Hollywood Babylon. Whatever the cause of his untimely end, there are few cinema artists who left behind such an iconic body of work, at such a relatively early age.
Working in Germany in the 1920s, Murnau helmed some of the greatest silent features ever made. His roll of honour includes: Nosferatu (1922), The Last Laugh (1924) and Faust (1926). Taking up an offer of work with American producer William Fox, he left behind Germany for good. It would provide a legacy entitled Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), and his death.
Murnau will forever be associated with a landmark aesthetic known as German Expressionism. His experimental, highly-stylised, poetic outlook proved highly influential. There is general debate as
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