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Today's episode is my conversation about the 1927 film Sunrise: The Song of Two Humans. My friend Joe Cruz from the Joe's Video Club newsletter joins me to discuss the film and we talk about how modern filmmakers could take a lesson from Murnau in trusting the audience to understand the story based on visuals alone, how we disagree with the reviewers of the time when it comes to the acting in the film, and some of the incredible film techniques on display in the film.

You can watch Sunrise on YouTube and be sure to check out Joe's newsletter.

Other films mentioned in this episode include:

• The General directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman
• The Last Laugh directed by F. W. Murnau
• Nosferatu directed by F. W. Murnau
• Nosferatu directed by Robert Eggers
• Parasite directed by Bong Joon-ho
• The Coffee Table directed by Caye Casas
• The Godfather directed by Francis Ford Coppola

Other references:

• Time Magazine review
• Photoplay Magazine review
• Variety review
• "My favourite film – Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans" by Pamela Hutchinson from The Guardian

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