Film homage Sunrise 1927 Arizona State Fair Phoenix Arizona 1980-2008 Metal Print
by David Lee Guss
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Film homage Sunrise 1927 Arizona State Fair Phoenix Arizona 1980-2008 metal print by David Lee Guss. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of a metal print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 1/16" thick aluminum. The aluminum sheet is offset from the wall by a 3/4" thick wooden frame which is attached to the back. The high gloss of the aluminum sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results.
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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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