Sunrise is the cinema itself, in that it expresses itself in a way that only a film can. It does not try to translate a book or a play or a piece of music or a building into a film, it is a film and a film alone. It uses all the unique abilities of the silent film to create an idea, a sensation, something lasting that you take with you after you finish viewing it. Sunrise is the supreme silent film, the highest peak of an art form that is no longer actively used.

- from here

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) is F.W. Murnau’s first American movie, an Expressionist film made in Hollywood at the end of the silent era, and it’s the perfect example to prove that silent films are awesome.

The film is full of beautiful and (often literally :P ) moving scenes. Intertitles are used sparingly and are very expressive, especially when coupled with Murnau’s brilliant use of superimposition to show what a character is saying or feeling.

The story is simple and romantic, and would probably make any different film seem cheesy and trite. There’s a number of silly bits in the middle part, and they’re quite amusing (sometimes unintentionally) – I thought they felt less out of place than in Murnau’s Faust. Overall it all works, and it works beautifully.

I got it using this torrent, it was really slow. I’m still seeding it.