"The greatest film director the Germans have ever known. . . . He created the most overwhelming and poignant images in the whole of German cinema."--Lotte H. Eisner, film historian and author of Murnau
Born Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe in Westphalia, Germany, F. W. Murnau (1888-1931) directed some of the most highly regarded films of the silent era. His lyrical cinema is distinguished by its mood, mellifluously moving camera, and chiaroscuro lighting. Murnau's ingenious ability to create the sense of a world beyond the frame was one of his trademarks... This retrospective offers viewers a chance to watch Murnau's extant works with live piano accompaniment by Judith Rosenberg and Bruce Loeb.
-- Susan Oxtoby, Director of Film and Senior Film Curator
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Born Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe in Westphalia, Germany, F. W. Murnau (1888-1931) directed some of the most highly regarded films of the silent era. His lyrical cinema is distinguished by its mood, mellifluously moving camera, and chiaroscuro lighting. Murnau's ingenious ability to create the sense of a world beyond the frame was one of his trademarks... This retrospective offers viewers a chance to watch Murnau's extant works with live piano accompaniment by Judith Rosenberg and Bruce Loeb.
-- Susan Oxtoby, Director of Film and Senior Film Curator
"The greatest film director the Germans have ever known. . . . He created the most overwhelming and poignant images in the whole of German cinema."--Lotte H. Eisner, film historian and author of Murnau
Born Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe in Westphalia, Germany, F. W. Murnau (1888-1931) directed some of the most highly regarded films of the silent era. His lyrical cinema is distinguished by its mood, mellifluously moving camera, and chiaroscuro lighting. Murnau's ingenious ability to create the sense of a world beyond the frame was one of his trademarks... This retrospective offers viewers a chance to watch Murnau's extant works with live piano accompaniment by Judith Rosenberg and Bruce Loeb.
-- Susan Oxtoby, Director of Film and Senior Film Curator
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Born Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe in Westphalia, Germany, F. W. Murnau (1888-1931) directed some of the most highly regarded films of the silent era. His lyrical cinema is distinguished by its mood, mellifluously moving camera, and chiaroscuro lighting. Murnau's ingenious ability to create the sense of a world beyond the frame was one of his trademarks... This retrospective offers viewers a chance to watch Murnau's extant works with live piano accompaniment by Judith Rosenberg and Bruce Loeb.
-- Susan Oxtoby, Director of Film and Senior Film Curator
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