CLASSIC SILENT FILM 'SUNRISE' WITH LIVE MUSIC ACCOMPANIMENT AT ST JOHN'S CHURCH
Organised by : Chichester Cinema
https://chichesterfilmfestival.co.uk
SUNRISE (U)
A
rare chance to experience a cinematic masterpiece made almost a century ago.
Sunrise is a pinnacle of craft and one of the most revered films of all time,
distinguished by its astonishingly fluid and inventive camera work. The live
musical accompaniment mixes improvisation and composition and will be played on
piano, flute, accordion by one of the leading silent film performers, Stephen Horne along with award-winning harpist and composer Elizabeth-Jane Baldry.
In
this F.W. Murnau (Nosferatu) masterpiece, a farmer (George O'Brien) with a
pretty wife (Janet Gaynor) begins a downward spiral after starting an affair
with a vacationing woman from the city (Margaret Livingston). She wants him to
return to the city with her but when he mentions his wife, she suggests
drowning her. Considered one of the greatest silent films. Indeed, in 2022's
Sight and Sound poll, it was voted the 11th greatest film of all time! And yet
surprisingly few people have seen it.
USA
1927 F.W. Murnau 94m
20:45
£15.00 tickets include a glass of wine!
