- published: 19 Apr 2012
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, also known as Sunrise, is a 1927 American silent film directed by German film director F. W. Murnau. The story was adapted by Carl Mayer from the short story "Die Reise nach Tilsit" ("A Trip to Tilsit") by Hermann Sudermann.
Sunrise won an Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Production at the first ever Academy Awards ceremony in 1929. In 1937, Sunrise's original negative was destroyed in a nitrate fire. A new negative was created from a surviving print. In 1989, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. In a 2002 critics' poll for the British Film Institute, Sunrise was named the seventh-best film in the history of motion pictures.
In 2007, the film was chosen #82 on the 10th anniversary update of the American Film Institute's 100 Years... 100 Movies list of great films.Sunrise is one of the first with a soundtrack of music and sound effects recorded in the then-new Fox Movietone sound-on-film system.[citation needed] Much of the exterior shooting was done at Lake Arrowhead, California.
Here we are living in this glorious time Go on celebrating and show ´em your pride Look what we´ve done look what we´ve reached Oh I think no one can see
And what we all do for our luxury Raping the forests and poison the seas I think there´ s nothing we wouldn´t do If the result may be good
Bridge But in the end of all Mother Nature's standing tall From a distance it looks still all right Just when you get too close You can see the overdose And as well the marks we left behind
We all have our wishes, we all have our dreams We don´t see the signs, don´t know what they mean We close our eyes and live further on As the world owns us alone
And so the resources are not rare enough At war they throw bombs on the oil-springs, oh god Is this the end, we´re heading for In anger and fear all alone
Bridge
horus As long the world´s turning, the sun keeps on burning The greed in our hearts will keep us apart The Chance of tomorrow is my greatest sorrow So come on, unite and let the sun rise again
Solo
What is our aim, we´re heading for What is our aim, we´re heading for
Don´t lose the illusion of changing the way Fight the insanity stands in our way Don´t follow the mainstream - resist as you can In future they may understand
How long can we live in those glorious times No one can say when we´ll cross the line Of no return from our point of view And the sun hit the sea the last time
Bridge