Sunrise

This was only 90 minutes and still took me 3 viewings to get all the way thru it. That should tell you how difficult it is to watch. Wikipedia tells me it has innovative use of forced perspective, long takes, and soundtrack recorded to match the film, but honestly the story and acting were just not very interesting. George O'Brien looks like Frankenstein, which is not helped by the fact he was slumped over and hulking the entire film, or that his two reactions were wither to strangle or kiss the women in the film. Janet Gaynor looked all of 12 years old which made this super awkward to watch. The symbolism and archetypes were so blatant, and obvious they actually backfired. About the only enjoyable thing was the 'peasant dance' at the fair.