Top 250 Challenge: 221

Sunrise: A Tale Of Two Humans (1927)
Number 248 on IMDb's Top 250

An attractive woman from the city, on vacation, stays in a small farming community and dazzles a young married farmer. The wicked woman suggests that the man's deceptively dowdy-looking wife might "accidentally" drown. Can he, will he go through with it? The scene changes; in unexpected company, the man gets a kaleidoscopic taste of what the actual city is like. The dramatic climax comes in a fearsome storm and its aftermath...Hilarity ensues.

Trivia: Many of the superimpositions throughout the film were created "in the camera". The camera would shoot one image at the side of the frame, blacking out the rest of the shot, then expose the film. They would put the exposed film back into the camera and shoot again, blocking out the area that already had an image on it. The original negatives of the film were destroyed in a fire in 1937.

For being almost 80 years old this movie still stands up pretty well. As I watched this I thought about the time period, 1927, and the elements of the story, a devious city woman seduces a innocent farmer and convinces him to murder his wife by drowning her so they can live together and then you watch as the farmer falls back in love with his wife on a visit to the big city only to almost lose her to drowning when the boat capsizes during a massive storm as they cross back to their home. This movie is the only movie to win and Oscar for Best Picture, Unique and Artistic Production. (Wings won Best Picture, Production which eventually became just Best Picture)

Next Up: The Lady Vanishes, I promise, I saw Sunrise a couple of months ago and last night it cracked the top 250 so I had to add it in.