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Film homage Sunrise 1927 Arizona State Fair Phoenix Arizona 1980-2008 Framed Print
by David Lee Guss
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Film homage Sunrise 1927 Arizona State Fair Phoenix Arizona 1980-2008 framed print by David Lee Guss. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
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F.W. Murnau's (1888-1931) wonderful Sunrise was made just before 1927's The Jazz Singer spelled the end of the silent film, which only lasted from... more
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F.W. Murnau's (1888-1931) wonderful "Sunrise" was made just before 1927's "The Jazz Singer" spelled the end of the silent film, which only lasted from the early 1890's to 1930; the shortest period for any art form in history.
Those who dislike silent cinema should put aside their prejudice and inhale this wonder.
The cinematography by Charles Rosher (1885-1974) and Karl Struss (1886-1981) is simply extraordinary; utterly ravishing. It was the first film to win an Oscar for cinematography.
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About David Lee Guss
I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence. But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final...
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