Sunrse murnaua 1927 Flashcards
(9 cards)
3 contexts about sunrise
-murnau chose by Fox and given a large budget
-didn’t do well at box office
-post WW1, German expressionism fear
3 key moments in the marsh scene
-parallel edit to the wife crying, this shows the traditional housewife is good for being fully loyal and standing by the husband even though he does her DIRTY
-women like the vamp she is levitating over his neck metophorically biting him and got him almost in a trance like state TGE next day…dreaming about her at night split screen in sky
-associated pov with plough through bushes, dark intentions in the night
-split screen on city chaotic like his moral compass at the moment German expressionism, extremes of charecter
Boat scene 3 key moments
-link between women: TW is okay getting dirty and wet by the dog innocence and childlike however TWFTC cares about dirt on her shoe and is manipulative
-superhuman, bells break him from trance (Frankenstein like) cowers from himself, before he refused to make eyes contact then looked through his eyebrows at her
-Proximity, shot reverse shot when the charecters aren’t talking but rowning out they seem very distant from eachother when they made up there always really close she also tries to protect her self with getting closer to the water to avoid him
German expressionism elements 3
-temptation
-human emotion exaggeration
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-(ALSO REALSIM SHOWN THROUGH LONG SHOTTS and setting )
Context 2
-wallstreet crash
-Holly wood ending, happy
Political context: 1
-the rise of sound and the jazz singer ruling over it at the box office
Cultural context 3
-German expressionism as result of war, lifting sets
-cinematic inventions, tracking shots to convey man’s turmoil
-Art film, high cinema
Social context 2
-tradition and modern, WW1
-moral themes. Redemption and guilt
Production context 2
-Hollywood and German connection (expressionism)
-studio FOX not a big hit
