Sunrise

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2020

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

Amy & Paul rise up for 1927's expressionist F.W. Murnau masterwork Sunrise! They learn how Janet Gaynor won the Best Actress Oscar for three films at once, praise the film's groundbreaking soundtrack, and ask how such a simple story can resonate so strongly. Plus: Animal trainer Laura Bourhenne talks about the challenges of training pigs. For 12 Angry Men week, help defend a criminal character you think deserved a fairer trial! Call the Unspooled voicemail line at 747-666-5824 with your answer. Follow us on Twitter @Unspooled, get more info at unspooledpod.com and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts. Photo credit: Kim Troxall

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0:00.0	The year is 1927 and lock up your wine
0:02.8	because there's a drunk pig on the loose.
0:04.3	The movie, Sunrise.
0:24.6	Hey, everybody. Welcome to Unspooled.
0:27.7	I am Paul Sheer.
0:28.7	I'm Amy Nicholson.
0:29.6	And this is the podcast for each week.
0:31.3	We watch one film from the AI Top 100 Grays films of all time,
0:34.1	the 2007 edition, to see if they are really as good as people say,
0:37.2	do they hold up and how have they influenced the films that we watch today?
0:42.4	On this episode, we'll be talking about the FW Murnau Silent Film Sunrise.
0:49.3	Really interesting film.
0:50.2	We've not seen it.
0:51.1	But before we get into that, we were going to talk a little bit about the reaction
0:54.9	to last week's episode.
0:56.6	And even before that, I want to remind everybody out there that if you're in Los Angeles,
1:01.0	we are going to be doing a live show at the Alamo Drafthouse coming up in just a couple of weeks
1:05.4	and go to AlamoDrafthouse.com to get tickets.
1:07.9	But Amy, tell us what this show is going to be about.
1:11.3	It's called Rage in Pagan because our live show takes place right at the end of the
1:15.5	Vernil Equinox, the grand festival of spring of life versus death.
1:21.0	So we are going to be watching some pagan horror films.
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