Classic black-and-white movie month: Sunrise (1927)
Fri 04 May 2018, 7.30 pm
TPD
From TPD:
In May, TPD center will screen a number of selected black-and-white movies that are considered the top-notch classic productions of the world’s cinema.
Film list:
. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927, US, German director)
. À Bout de Souffle (1960, France)
. City Lights (1931, US)
. Bicyle Thieves (1948, Italy)
. Tokyo Story (1953, Japan)
. The Third Man (1949, UK)
The first film to be screened this week is Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans by German director F.W. Murnau.
Film notes:
SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS • US • 1927
94′ | Drama • Romance
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (also known as Sunrise) is a silent film directed by German director F. W. Murnau and starring George O’Brien, Janet Gaynor, and Margaret Livingston. The story was adapted by Carl Mayer from the short story “The Excursion to Tilsit”, from the collection with the same title by Hermann Sudermann.
Murnau chose to use the then new Fox Movietone sound-on-film system, making Sunrise one of the first feature films with a synchronized musical score and sound effects soundtrack. The film incorporated Charles Gounod’s 1872 composition Funeral March of a Marionette, which was later used as the theme for the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–65). Frédéric Chopin’s A minor prelude also features prominently in orchestral arrangement.
Sunrise won the Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Picture at the 1st Academy Awards in 1929. Janet Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the film (she also won for her performances in 1927’s 7th Heaven and 1928’s Street Angel). The film’s legacy has endured, and it is now widely considered a masterpiece and one of the greatest films ever made. Many have called it the greatest film of the silent era. [Wikipedia]
Language: Silent film with English and Vietnamese subtitles
• The film screening is for educational purposes and to raise funds for the Young Cinema Fund at TPD.
• Donation (at the door): 20,000 VND/audience.
• Doors open at 7 pm and close when the screening room is full.
• Seats are assigned on the first-come-first-served basis.
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Translated by Hanoi Grapevine
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