Sunrise: A Song of Two HumansSunrise was a lavish production, famous for its specially constructed sets and one of Hollywood's most ambitious undertakings. Fischer's book is a model of film analysis, locating Sunrise in a range of historical, aesthetic and philosophical contexts. In the BFI FILM CLASSICS series. |
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