Shame on you Rotten Tomatoes for having this Masterpiece of Expressionism not listed
This Expressionist Masterpiece by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau is about a Acre which is rich on Petroleum but the Local Farmers are feared of it because Flame came out the Ground every Time someone want use of it's Richness the Acre is owned by a old Great Land Owner who is married for the second Time and have a grown up Daugther near the Acre lives a Farmer who dies and devise his Land and Ground to his oldest Son who suceed him his other Son doesen't want to be a Farmer, so he leave his Wife and hook up with the Great Land Owner's Daugther and marry her but is in Love with the Great Land Owner's Wife the Great Land Owner abbandon his Wife and dies now the Protagnoist sell the Rights to pump up Petroleum to Business Men from the City for 30 Million Mark while his Wife sell the Acre to his Brother for 12 Thousand Mark the Protagnoist talk his Brother in to give him the Land back but his Wife do Suicide because he marry her only for the Money now the Business Men from the City want to pump up the Petroleum but the Acre go up in Flames and the Protagnoist goes back to his Family who have still his Room prepared
A Expressionist Masterpiece with the typical Murnau Characteristics like the Chaning Colours, the centralized View, the great Music and Sound Effects and it's always sinister the Movie shows how simple and devotional but contented the Farmer's Life is and how awful the shady side of the Business and Richness is nothing is for Free the Price for Wealthy is Disharmony but you can be lucky when you have a Family who catch you up when you fall from your Rise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpSNciggntc&feature=PlayList&p=4822264551EA0F94&index=0&playnext=1
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jesse p. on 11/29/09 at 11:40 PM
Come hear and tall people what you think of the greatest science fiction film ever made.
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