Friday, February 26, 2016

A Memorable Scene: "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans"

Post your comment here by next Wednesday. Answers should be approximately 200 words, plus or minus 10%.

Here's a link to the film at YouTube: "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans"

35 comments:

Brad said...

To help you with your paragraph, I will first describe my process and the note taking for the scene. You should not post your notes at the blog, only your completed paragraph.

My choice of scene is our introduction to the “woman from the city.” This scene is found at 4 minutes and 20 seconds into the film, just after the intertitle that introduces her to us as being unusual for “lingering” on her vacation. The scene is 34 seconds long. The next scene shows two peasants eating soup and then the woman appears again to have her shoes shined.

Notes for the scene:

Fades in from black to reveal a room. The room appears messy. No character is seen. Two objects are prominent in the scene: a burning candle near a mirror and makeup stand and in the background a pair of high heeled shoes. The woman runs (skips?) into the scene from the left (her hair swings as a result). She is dressed in a robe that is only loosely fastened (reveals her underwear/lingerie). Holds a cigarette in her mouth for the entire scene. First action is to light her cig on the candle. Second is combing her hair and checking herself in mirror. Third is the longest sequence: choosing the correct dress to wear. Goes back and forth to closet but finds what she wants in the dresser after all. Sequence ends with her taking off robe in preparation to dress. Not sure if this was scandalous in 1927 but pretty sure it was!

My paragraph answer (based on the notes above)

After watching “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans” twice on Friday, the scene where F.W. Murnau introduces us to “the woman from the city” remains in my memory. Clearly, she is meant to be seen as a bit flighty and “loose” in her morals. Although most women will primp themselves before a date, she is doing so in a way that invites us to dislike her from the start. She has a cigarette in her mouth for the entire scene (34 seconds in total), with it clenched in her lips, lighting it from a candle and filling the room with smoke as she prepares to see “the man.” The robe she wears is loosely fastened and reveals her black lingerie to us. The colour choice is no accident as black has long been a “sexy” colour for women to wear. The most extended action shows her searching for her dress, again one that is black (to match her strikingly shiny and very high heeled shoes). The scene ends with her taking off her robe to reveal her undergarments briefly as she reaches back to put on her dress. Thus Murnau brings us her character in 30 seconds in a way both memorable and concise.—204 words

Anonymous said...

Reconciliation

Steve



In the movie, I watched a scene that the husband regretted his mistake in the church with impression. Firstly, the wedding ceremony caught my attention, for it was formal important moment for someone. Inside the church, during the ceremony, bride, who dressed white wedding dress and draped lace on the top, and groom, who wore suite and combed his hair, were standing toward the priest, and the guests who dressed formally also watched the priest in the big church. The people were attentive while priest was talking to the bloom and bride. The husband saw that carefully with widened eyes. When the priest said, ".... keep and protect her from all harm", the husband recognized his fault that committed to his wife and cry with the pang of conscience. As I saw his reaction, I could notice that the husband was not completely bad person. Also, it reminds that we should take the responsibility in marriage. when I saw the wife attitude toward the husband, I learnt that people need to have second chance in their marriage. While husband was crying, she was hugging him, forgave him and kissed him with smiling. Then, they move out the church by snuggling each other. The scene is most memorable in this movie, for it shows the restoration of the two people's relationship.
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Pavi said...

Redemption

After watching “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans” with my English class, the scene where the couple sees a wedding in church was the most touching and memorable for me. This scene completely turned the movie around and made the audience feel sympathetic towards the man. Although the man tried to murder his wife earlier, he realizes his mistake and expresses deep regret. When the priest tells the groom “keep her and protect her from all harm” and asks him if he loves the bride, the man realizes what he has done and bursts into tears, throwing himself into his wife’s lap. The wife hugs her husband and begins to soothe him, forgiving him then and there. Eventually, they walk out of the church in each other’s arms and end up interlocked, kissing, in the middle of the street (to the inconvenience of many drivers!). F.W. Murnau makes the audience see the man in a completely different perspective than at the beginning of the film. Despite being unfaithful and attempting to murder his wife, he is a man “born again” and falls in love with his wife all over again. His wife, on the other hand, is a very sweet and forgiving woman whose character is lovable from beginning to end. This movie, particularly this scene, is very memorable and will remain embedded in my mind.

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Pavi M
English 12

Unknown said...

"Sunrise" is considered the greatest movie that created a new era of modernist films. The most memorable scene attracted me is the young couple in a barbershop . The man chooses to get along with his wife after the test of death and being witnesses of a holy wedding ceremony . He turns back into a handsome guy from messy floppy appearance. The director implies he abandons the deadly temptation and criminal attempts,and starts a new life. Meanwhile his wife is sitting in the corner of the barbershop to watch him eagerly . She refuses to change her hair although the barber trys to persuade her. That sounds like her love never changes. When the young man notices the teaser’s bad behavior, he rushes to him and gives him humorous punishment. At that moment , he turns back to a responsible husband in front of his petite wife with an innocent smile . She doesn't fear about her husband anymore. Nowadays ,the extramarital affairs are still a big problem in our society. I really admire Murnau's explaination of that serious social question with his special humorous style. This is the most important reason why the movie got the first Oscar award . We shall be fortunate to have the opportunity to watch this great movie today. (220 words)

lauren cho said...

The Shattered Home

Lauren


This silent film "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans" was more delightful than what I expected since I could imagine their conversations. There were lots of remarkable bitter and sweet moments in this movie (like our lives). Nevertheless, the most memorable scene was the introduction of the couple’s shattered marriage because their emotional rollercoasters made me weep my heart out. While the city woman whistled from outside, the man, had massy hair, was dreadfully sitting in the chair. He became more miserable but slowly approached to the window. Meanwhile his wife, had neat hair, brought some plates and spoons to the dinner table. (How innocent she is!) After the pity woman’s gone, this disloyal husband hesitated between a desire and faith. Unfortunately, he couldn’t resist the temptation to sneak out their home. The poor wife appeared again with a steaming dish and realized that her man, used to be sincere, disappeared. She hopelessly sat and was broken-hearted. The maid spotted this desperate woman and whispered to an old woman how joyful they were in the past. Due to this episode, the audience not only blamed the husband for cheating but also sympathized with the wife in her grief. Furthermore, we would wonder whether this broken couple could have their stunning “Sunrise” moments again. (213words)

Unknown said...

I watched the silent film twice, in class and at home. The scene that I like was found at 21 minutes and 17 seconds into the film (total 11 minutes and 8 seconds long). George, the husband, woke up anxious. Thinking of his mistress suggestion of drowning his wife, so that they can be together. Janet, the wife, suspect nothing when her husband suggest going on an outing. She was very excited, carried her baby and danced around. She puts on her clothes and went out. The dog barked aloud, wanted to say something. Dogs have good sense when there is danger. Janet went on the boat. The dog unleashed itself, jumped over the fence and dove into the water to get to the boat. George rows back to the port to put the dog back. They set off across the lake. Janet looked at him and smiled. She looked around and she soon grows suspicious about her husband's actions. He stared at her with his glaring eyes and stood up. He prepared to throw her overboard, but she pleaded for his mercy. The church bell rang and he realized he cannot do it. He rows fast for shore and when the boat reaches land, Janet ran away. This film is not a crime drama, it is about the rekindling of true love.
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Unknown said...

In the movie” Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans”, the scene that the husband tried many ways to protect and save his wife against the storm touched my heart. The storm considers as an option, a choice that challenging the husband’s loyalty: Killing his wife to live freely with his mistress in the city or protecting his wife, proving his love to his wife. I am glad that he did not disappoint his beloved wife as well as the audiences. He showed his enormous love and care by a lot of actions: taking off his jacket to cover her; holding her in one hand and rowing the boat in the order hand when she got scared; hugging her tightly and kissing her when they face to die. In addition, he wrapped her with all of the survival trees which had been supported to save himself in his evil plan, were used to protect her. At that point, viewers easily realizes that the husband changed, turned himself back to a responsible man who deserves to receive the forgiven from his wife. Overall, although this is a silent movie, it contains valuable messages about love, about family relationship, and I really enjoy it.
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Unknown said...

A Memorable Scene
After watching "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans" with my English 12 class on last Friday, the scene where the woman from the city convinces her lover (the husband) to try to drown his wife and leave with her remains in my memory. This scene is about two minutes long. It starts with a subtitle of "Sell your farm...come with me to the city." The husband does not agree with the vacation lady at the beginning and feels guilty by imaging the picture that he drowns his wife. He strangles the vacation lady's neck to show his attitude. At this moment, the audience sees the hope. But, this vacation lady never gives up to convince the husband. She starts kissing him more deeply. Then the husband starts imaging the modern city pictures: high buildings; dancing clubs; neon lamps. The scene ends with the husband hugs the vacation lady strongly. The audience now feels worry about the poor wife because she might get drowning by her husband. This silent movie "Sunrise" is full of impressive scenes, but this being one of the memorable scenes in particular that sweeps me up and captures my imagination.
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Unknown said...

Two connected scenes remain in my memory after watching “Sunrise: A Son of Two Humans.” The first scene is on the boat, the man is approaching his wife and trying to drown her. At this breath taken moment, the church bell rings. It is very loud, may reminds the man that God is watching in the past - he marries his wife - and now. His conscience is awakened, and he withdraws. The second scene is in a city church, a wedding is processing accompany with elegant music. Wife watches, while immerses in a sweet memory; but husband stares at the front with great pain and regret. When the priest says to the groom: “God is giving you, in the holy bonds of matrimony, a trust. She is young … and inexperienced. Guide her and love her...keep and protect her from all harm,” the church bell rings loudly again even covers the music. The man finally breaks out with weeping, he asks for forgiveness repeatedly. The bells are like a symbolic of wakening call. First one stops man from murdering, the second one reminds his responsibility as a husband. When they walk out the church, the two broken hearts are fixed; they are like a new married couple. The movie is end, but I can still hear the bell ringing.

(220 Words)

Unknown said...

In Lovers' Eyes

After watching F.W. Murnau’s silent movie “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans,” I am deeply touched. To my surprise, this movie brings me stronger feeling than current movies. The most memorable scene to me is the couple’s kissing in the middle of the street. It is about two minutes long. After the husband realizes his guilt and expresses his regret for his betrayal, he gets forgiven by his loyal and tolerant wife. With their arms’ gentle holding and eyes’ soulful gazing, the young couple walks out of the church. As a beautiful view of the spring countryside shows in their eyes (it is a busy and dangerous traffic street actually!) they stop and kiss affectionately. Until they are awoken by the horns of the indignant drivers, they realize they have made a serious traffic jam. Just like the movie’s subtitle describing, love is “sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet.” The love connection between the young couple is almost broken in the beginning - the husband is tempted by the flighty woman and agrees to murder the wife. However, with the husband’s sincere regret and the wife’s kind accepting, the relationship becomes closer than ever. I will remember this enlightening movie. It not only presents an affecting story, but also reminds me to cherish what I have.

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Una Cui

Sandy said...

The Wedding

After watching “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans” the scene that remained in my memory was the “wedding ceremony.” The beautiful bride was wearing a very elegant white lace gown, with a long train veil. This caught the wife’s eye. Although she was still hurt from what had occurred to her, they entered the church and sat at the back. The bride and groom were standing at the aisle to ready to exchange their vows. The priest said to the groom, “Keep and protect her from all harm." That became the turning point for the husband. His eyes dilated and cried, showing regret that he was going to kill his wife. He realized that he was unfaithful (he was happy with his family). He says “forgive me!” This shows that love is not all you need in relationship. You need respect, sacrifice, and understanding to stand by each other when times get rough. The scene ends with the wife kissing her husband and smiling. This shows they are willing to be together not only during the good times, but also during the dark times to encourage each other to become the best version of themself. No relationship has ever worked without work. You will have conflicts and disagreements, but at the end you need to forgive one another.

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Unknown said...

Sunrise

After watching the interesting silent film “Sunrise: A Song of Two Human’’ in the class, I was particularly impressed with the great quality and realism of the acting . The most fascinating and memorable scene for me was inside the church as the wedding ceremony was taking place. There were few people in the church who came for the wedding ceremony .The couple sat gently in the back and watched the wedding wide-eyed. After a while, the husband’s expression changed when the priest said to the bridegroom, “Guide her and love her ..keep and protect her from harm.’’ At that moment, the husband realized how cruel he was for intending to kill his wife. He was filled with remorse and shame, and he cried out in guilt. After he realized his mistake and starts begging for an apology from his wife for mistreating her, the lovely wife accepted his apology and hugged and kissed her husband to bring him comfort. This scene remains in my mind and makes the audience laugh and cry. It is a very heart touching scene from the whole film and this is one of the most beautiful and touching movies I have ever seen. It still plays in my mind. Through the film, I have learned that true love has a happy ending and never ends.

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safoura said...

“Sunrise: A Story of Two Humans” a well-acted, meaningful movie which in spite of its silence conveys life learning messages to its audience. The most impressive scene in this movie, in my opinion, is the man tries to save his wife’s life when the storm traps them on the lake. Although the wooden, small boat is shaky, he doesn’t give up on paddling and uses his full force to move the boat forward. But, the paddles break one after another and leave them in the middle of the lake in the dark. Unpredictably, the rushes that are hidden in the boat for his ghastly plan becomes the ladies’ savior by holding her up on the lake; nevertheless, the wife can’t bear the rough wavy water and passes out. When the poor man reaches the beach unconscious, he awakens in horror and rushes to find his lost wife. Finally, he, with his neighbors lose hope after searching for hours and assume that she’s drowned. Thus, this movie is a masterpiece that very well pictures the lifestyle of old times and teaches us not to break each other's heart for temporary pleasures.

Mei Luo said...

I love the silent film "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans",and the most memorable scene for me is that,after the husband escaping to date the city woman, how the wife is sad. The wife first time appears in the film with preparing the dinner table while her husband is planning to meet another woman. At that moment,everything looks normally like each ordinary family dinner time except inside of the husband. He is distracted. The second time,when the wife comes back holding a bowl of steaming hot soup , she finds her husband has gone. She obviously knows where her husband goes to. Even there are several steps before the table,but she walks towards there like going on a journey of thousands of miles. She shuffles to the table holding the heavy (actually not) soup bowl. I worried about she would drop it off and get hurt. She puts down the bowl and paralyzes in a chair with helpless face and inanimate eyes. After few seconds,she rushes to bedroom falling down the baby 's bed and begin crying bitterly. The baby is crying immediately due to scare. Absolutely, her heart is broken as she knows her husband having an affair. When I see this scene which the mother and her son are crying together,my tears are full of eyes. And I would never forget that an affair brings such suffering to a wife.
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Shail said...

The most memorable part of "Sunrise: A Song Of Two Humans" was the scene after the husband retrieved the pig, and the couple dance in front of the crowd. It was at that point during the movie when I began to truly believe the story and forget that I was watching a silent movie. It was as if I didn't need words anymore to believe what was going on because I could easily feel what emotion was meant to be portrayed. At first the husband didn't want to dance, but then his wife smiled at him and all of his negativity went away. I didn't believe that the husband wanted to reconcile with his wife until that point. It was then that I saw he was willing to put his awkwardness aside, ignore the rest of the people and imagine it was only them two in the room. The dancing was beautiful with them looking into each others eyes, the way he looked at her made me see that he had fallen in love with her all over again. With the uplifting humor from trying to catch the pig, and the mesmerizing dance filled with love, it's no doubt that it was my favorite part of the movie.

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Unknown said...

After watching “Sunrise: A song of two humans” my memorable scene was where the husband is walking through dark and foggy farm to meet this woman from the city. This woman was standing, putting her lipstick on while waiting for the husband and the scene also quickly switched to his wife at home alone (with their children). After the husband arrived they kissed and she asked “Tell me! Are you all mine?” and ads “Sell your farm and come with me to the city.” Husband replies “And my wife?” Lady from the city answers “Couldn’t she get drowned?” as the screen starts to drown. You can see the husband starts to imagine of him drowning his wife to make it look like an accident, but the husband resists. The woman from the city is still kissing him, pressuring him to sell everything and move to the city. This scene was memorable to be because I felt like the scene was trying to communicate to the audience by showing us two different sides; the adultery and also little bit of humor by over exaggerating.

Eddy Kim
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Unknown said...

A Memorable Scene of Sunrise

After I watched “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans”, a second time at home, the memorable scene for me is when the wife and the baby were in a dark bedroom. The wife was crying in front of her baby. The baby then wiped the tear from her mother’s face. After which the mother kissed and hugged her baby. It was a very sad moment. The mother still looks beautiful even though she had tears all over her face. This scene almost made me cry because I’m a mother too. I knew how much she must love her baby. The scene then switched to a dark night with the moon shining in the background in the middle of a field. The woman from the city was kissing the man all over his face. She made the man crazy for her. The intertitle showed “Tell me! You are all mine?” and the man seemed to be very much in love with her. That made me realize how a husband can stop loving his wife at any time, but for a woman she’ll never ever stop loving her child.

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Unknown said...

After watching the film “Sunrise: A song of Two Humans” only twice since it's not my cup of tea. The scene that lingered in my memory was when “the other woman” in the character of Murnau met “the married man” named George at the farm. Intentionally to bring a romantic atmosphere, Murnau stood under the glowing moonlight; holding and swirling a daffodil as if patiently but bored on waiting for George to come. But soon enough after hearing her lover's footsteps, she hurriedly groomed herself. She pulled out her purse: swiped a little lipstick, dabbed some powder for a breath of freshness to her face. In a swift and discrete manner the two finally met. Breathtakingly amazed, George gazed at Murnau's face and shape feeling delighted and satisfied of his sight like a man seeing a goddess. Murnau flaunting an inviting grin of victory brought extreme emotions of dreadfulness and disgust from any other women. Like a budding romance, they held tightly, clutching intensely and kissed passionately -lost in each other's arms-. Thus, Murnau and George brought us to escalating levels of emotions in just a brief moment.

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Unknown said...

The scene that stays with me the most after watching “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans” with my class,and again at home is the scene where the couple goes to the photographer to take a picture together. I loved this scene so much because of how proud the husband looks when the photographer complimented his wife, how they cant keep their hands off each other as if they just met. Its amazing how this scene takes place after a sad scene where the couple is in a church watching a new couple get married, and the husband is hit with extreme guilt so he begs his wife for forgiveness. I like how the actors were successfully able to convey a feeling of fresh-new love to the audience after that sad scene that left us feeling unsure of how they’re relationship will go, but this scene perfectly reassures us that the wife really does forgive her husband and that the husband is actually still very much so in love with his wife.

Unknown said...


The Best Memorable Scene

After watching silent movie, “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans,” I was touched deeply and pondered about love and human nature. A memorable scene was a wedding ceremony in the church. The scene started to see the man’s wife that the bride climbed the church stairs hanging down the wedding veil on her back. In the church, the bride and the groom stood in front of the officiant saying, “God is giving you, ……,” the man and his wife came into the church, sat on the seat, and watched the ceremony with wide eyes. When the officiant said, “…. keep and protect her from all harm,” the man sobbed and fell his wife’s lap. She hugged him and smoothed his head. They came to hall and he said to his wife, “forgive me.” She forgave him and kissed him. And then they came out the church folding their arms. When I saw this scene, I thought that it looked like their wedding although they did not wear the wedding dress and tuxedo. People standing beside the stairs looked like their wedding guests. Watching the wedding ceremony, the man regretted being tempted into the city woman, felt guilty, realized that he loved his wife, and he asked his wife to forgive him. Through this silent movie, I think that human nature is good although being tempted into the bad person and love is beautiful.
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Ian R said...

After watching " Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans" in the class on Friday, the scene that caught my attention the most was when they came across beneath the eye of the storm -- I was thinking if this was the husband's karma for thinking of killing his wife -- When the storm became extremely intense, the true test of allegience to his beloved wife were enormous. He rowed the boat as hard as could, and even battled the raging storm with just one paddle just to save her from danger. when all hope were lost, he grab his wife tightly in his arms, showing every affection to calm his frightened wife. He remembered the suvival branches (life-vest) -- that was supposedly meant for his survival after killing his wife -- and he unselfishly wrapped it around his wife for her safety. As the wave of water fills the little wooden boat, all they could do was to hold each other tight, and then the boat tipped over. The scene ends in a blackout. The husband redeemed himself by sacrificing and presenting his intimacy transitionaly. Althought this film was silent, this masterpiece surely made a loud noise in the film industry, and cultivated the mind of the audience. -204 words

Unknown said...

In the movie “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans.” the scene I loved most was that the couple (main characters) had a kiss in the middle of the busy crossroads. In this scene, the rural serenity scene over wrapped them to show about how their romantic mood for their kiss, but soon, their romantic kiss interrupted by many of rage drivers. The big honking horns expressed out their enragement for block on their ways, and the crowed into frenzy. They yelled out in anger into their face and grabbed the husband’s arm to kick them out from the middle of the road. However, it was quite rude for them, but I felt bit funny because it was not common sight in our living. Also, it was an interesting thing to see all different kinds of transportations on the busy roads: horse-drawn carriages, full loaded double deck buses, mammy-wagon, and bicycles. This scene well performed about how busy modern city life and environment (city people’s attitude) for this movie. This kiss scene showed a big contrast with where the couple lives (small countryside). It helped me understand about the two contrasts setting in this movie, so I have a lingering impression form this kiss scene. -205-

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Unknown said...

After watching “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans” I felt bored at first because it is a silent drama film. While watching, the movie is quiet challenging to me because I need to understand the film towards their action. The scene that struck me was that when the wife was crying in front of their baby and then the baby trying to pull her mother to see if she is crying. The baby wipes her mother’s tears as if she’s trying to say that “stop crying!” and the mother eventually realize that she will fight for their baby. In this scene, I realize if one family is suffering with different problems the one that is very affected is their children. The things that I learned in this scene is that being strong in all situations and be a forgiving person in order to raise your children in a good way. The scene will embedded in my mind as soon as I have my own family. Love your family and keep away from temptation. So, be an appropriate role model to the youth because they were looking after you and the most difficult job in the world is to raise them very well.

Unknown said...

The Triumph of Good over Evil

“Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans” is a very meaningful movie; nothing is by chance, every image, every scene is meant to convey a message. For me, the most impressive scene is the one in which there is a huge struggle inside the husband’s soul - an incredibly frightful scene full of danger and tension. The husband and wife are in a boat in the middle of the lake, him rowing determinedly, her innocently enjoying the ride. Her smile fades away and she starts looking around fearfully, wringing her hands and cowering back in the corner of the boat, realizing the something bad is going to happen. Then, he stops rowing, leaves a paddle and the next one….rises and turns to his wife with clumsy steps; he is not a human anymore, he seems a monster! The poor wife retreats further back and with a last gesture of despair claps her hands in prayer. The pressure reach the climax and a rescuing sound – the church bell ringing- wake him up from a bad dream. She is safe now, he just couldn’t kill her. I hated and I loved this scene at the same time; it represents the triumph of good over evil. Its message is clear: we must never give up to our hope in good human nature.
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Amy R. said...

Amy Ramirez

I couldn’t agree more with the 98% rating of the movie, “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans “because it was entertaining. The most significant scene for me is found at 5:37 to 8:07 minutes. The city woman dressed in black went out from her building; and walked on the side road confidently even the two elderly neighbors were gossiping about her. She also encountered a man holding the rein of his horse. Three women seated by the door entrance while chatting; as the city woman passed by. The city woman didn’t care while she peeked on her neighbor’s clear glass windows (people can be seen inside).The city woman finally reached her lover’s place; she paused and looked in front of the window. The scene changed a bit and showed the lover very anxious, and then the city woman discreetly whistled with flirtatious gesture. The lover became more confused, especially when he glanced at the dinner table with a cooked chicken, two pairs of dinner ware, and utensils. Eventually, he gave a signal to the city woman, pointed to the forest where they can rendezvous. The scene imparts the viewer that even in the 1920’s, daring women, vulnerable men, and illicit affairs exist.
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AlisonCh said...

After watching the film “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans”, I am surprised by the movie technique and the emotional connect that makes me strongly admire its skill and beauty. It is an amusing movie that was made ninety years ago. The most memorable scene is they are sailing on the river and the husband tries to kill her. When they are on board the boat, the dog is barking in frenzy. It shows me the dog senses the danger and it wants to warm the wife. The husband is angry and showing on his face of anger and violence, the wife raises her suspense, but she still goes sailing with him. I can empathize with her that love makes her become blind and she still wants to trust him as before. I can see her confusing and nervous, I also see her internal conflict about trusting her husband or showing her suspension. The husband also has a dilemma: to kill his wife and go to the city with the city women or love and live with his wife as before. He feels sham with bowing his head and not seeing the wife. The movie is silent; however, I can sense their emotion from their facial expression. I really enjoy the movie and admire the actress and actor's performance. . (219 words)

Unknown said...

Rakhima Smazov

While I was watching “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans”, I cried at about 10 minutes, at the very emotional and most memorable scene. The scene begins just after the husband attempted to murder his wife. The husband was filled with the feeling of regret. He began to row as fast as he could toward the shore and when the boat reaches land, the wife run away. “Don’t be afraid of me!” he follows her in a tram, and then onto the busy city street. He needs to put a lot of afford to regain wife’s trust. He doesn’t know what to do in this circumstance, so he takes her to a café. While he was offering her sandwiches for the first time after the incident she glanced at his face (heartbreaking scene), and he embarrassedly put his head down. That action wakes her up from the shock; she starts to cry realizing what had happened. On the street, he buys her flowers; however, this makes her cry more. She sees and feels his care, but she cannot forgive his betrayal. At this emotional moment, the church bell rings, which reminds her about her trust in God and hope for changes. The scene ends in the church, where the husband fully realized his guilt and cried in the lap of his wife, asking for forgiveness. The scene is most memorable in this outstanding movie because it shows the reunion of two loving people. (228 words)

Unknown said...

POWER OF LOVE

The most catchy scene after watching, “Sunrise: A Song Of The Two Humans” is; the scene when they (man and wife) were crossing the lake .The scene is pervaded with fear and tension. He (man) paddles the boat forcefully avoiding making eye contact with the wife. She gives him a genuine smile with a sweet touch of shyness; instead he ignores. About half way across the river, the wife’s instincts alarms her that something was not right with her husband. He stop paddling the boat ,steps towards the wife –his face change to that of monster, raises his hand in attempt to kill his wife. Unable to perform the act, he steps back, puts his hands on his face, wailing remorsefully .Feeling helpless, the wife smile fades away. The eyes start flickering with verge of fears ,her feet rooted to one spot unwilling to move. She holds her hand together defenseless as if making a plea to the man to spare her. Later, he paddles the boat toward the shore,then tries to say “sorry”, but the scene ends with the wife fleeing for her dear life and the man realizing his mistakes. The moral lesson is that, we all have bad things inside us and we either choose to give in or fight them. 219 words

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After Watching F.W. Murnau’s silent film “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans”, the scene (starting at 11:21) where the city woman plots a murder of the man’s wife when they are dating marks in my memory. The man distractedly walks towards to the affair spot—a misty abandoned ranch. The city woman waits for him while she bloats with a flower in her hand. When she hears the man approaching, she hastily refines her makeup. The following snapshot is their long passionate kiss in contrast with the wife’s grieved kiss with her baby. “Tell me, you are all mine,” the city woman tempts. At this moment, the man couldn’t resist the temptation, is dead gone in love with the flirt. When the man considers selling his farm and goes with the city woman to the city, he shows concerns about his wife. The city woman sneers at him, hides her evil sensation and grimly speaks out her plot to get the wife drawn. The husband opposes strongly with the last sense, but ends up lingeringly with another even fiercer kiss from the city woman. Her immoral lure fascinated the man. Murnau lets the man struggle in the illusion.
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After watching F.W. Murnau’s silent film “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans” in the class, one scene still remains deeply in my heart. The wife covers blanket on her sleeping husband even though he came home after spending night with other woman. The wife is not only just covers the blanket but also looks at him with love throughout the scene (over 50 seconds). In that morning, the first thing she did is looking at the husband face and gently patting the husband on the head. Is it possible in real life in 1927 or is it only possible in the movie? In real life the wife would interrogate her husband all night or punish him with silent treatment for a week. However, while the husband has no shame or regret on cheating on his wife, being possessed by the spirit of the woman in affair, the innocent wife was full of genuine love and care, giving the most loving eye contact. The scene contrasts the two extreme characters in order to show the nature of the good and evil: the good overcomes the evil with love.
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Nasi said...

This was the first silent movie I have ever seen. I paid a lot of attention to not miss any important scenes. When watching the film “Sunrise: A Story of Two Humans” at home, two scenes became most interesting and memorable to me. When the wife forgave her husband even though he cheated on her, he tries to kill her. This shows that the wife is sensible and emotional. The scene is 1 min and 65 seconds long right before they leave the church. The husband was pleading with his wife; “forgive me” then the wife kissed him on his cheek and hugged him. This shows she is not upset over what he had done. The wife has guts to forgive her husband for breaking their trust and threatening her life. Another scene shows that wife is humble and kind hearted is 40 seconds long. She wakes up in the morning looking at her husband, touching his hair and putting a blanket on top of him even though knowing her husband is cheating on her. Somewhere down in the line there is exaggeration about the wife reaction to the situation.

mahbooba said...

The part that really stayed with me after watching the silent movie “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans” was the scene the man requested to his wife to go with him to the bay. This emotional scene really attracted my attention. The doubtful man asked his wife hand, and requested to her to go with him to the bay. After hearing this good news, she shocked and her heart beating faster and faster. She immediately gave her hand and huge her husband. She was very happy, as she could not control herself like running from one way to another way. As she was happy, she quickly took her child and danced with her. The nanny was surprised and asked her what had happened. She quickly said that good news to the nanny. After that, she quickly opened the dresser to choose a dress. Being full of happiness, she found it difficult to concentrate to choose a dress. Finally, she chose a beautiful dress with a hat and got ready. All this was taking place while she could not have imagined that her husband was planning her murder and she happily ran toward the boat. This sad part of the movie makes me to cry, and it was the best scene of the movie.
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Sarjeevan kaur
A Memorable scene
After watching the film, “Sunrise: A Song of Two Human” a memorable scene for me, first at home when a couple is going ready on a trip. the wife was so happy because she gets a chance to spend a time with her husband. she has hope to makes a stronger relationship with her husband. She has a no idea how she was happy. She is dancing, kissing her baby and jumping everywhere because of her happiness. She dresses up for her husband and make herself beautiful with beautiful cap. But on the other side her husband making a plan, how to kill her on the boat and break their relationship forever. Second scene is on the boat, when the wife knows her husband want to kill her. She begs for her life, with her hopeless eyes, to her husband's. She afraid of her husband and covered her face with her hands for (53) seconds. She closed her eyes because her bright life turns into dark. She runs away from her husband to save her life. As an audience I felts that hardest part for her (wife) life, when she saw a face of death by her love (husband).
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Watching the film “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans” the first thing to really catch my attention was when the husband and wife were in the boat. At the beginning the wife tries to get her husband to look at her, smiling demurely at him. He keeps his head down and his shoulders hunched. She then starts to feel uneasy as she looks out into the open expanse of water; her hands are clutched close to her body. He starts to row slower and slower, finally pulling the oars into the boat. Her face shows confusion and concern. He gradually raises just his eyes to her face. His look is of complete malice. He stands up and lumbers towards her. She tries to move back and away from him, her face showing a growing terror. As he towers above her she puts her hands up in a prayer position, imploring him to stop. We then hear a bell clanging and this seems to be a wakeup call for him. He throws his arms over his face then rushes back to his seat and starts rowing madly for shore. In this scene there were so many emotions conveyed in both actors’ postures, faces and body language, that it made me pay more attention to the rest of the story.

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Andrea Kirk