I finally got around to watching F.W.Murnau's 'silent masterpiece' Sunrise. It was great and I can understand how it's themes and techniques were revolutionary for its time. What I don't understand is how so many people at IMDB (and elsewhere?) go on and on about how it is not just a great film for it's time but how it makes them cry (one person claiming you are not human if you didn't cry)

I am not human!

I have cryed watching La Strada and listening to Kate Bush but with Sunrise the style, the silent posturing and melodrama just left me a little cold.

Am I not sophisticated enough? Are people subconsciously forcing themselves to cry in order to convince themselves that their heart is able to be moved by 'pure' cinema...

I really wish I was part of the "Sunrise made me cry"club.

Are you?

I was blown away by the way Murnau turned a brooding thriller into a stylized fairy tale, but no tears for me either. The subject matter may be moving, but the presentation is so original that it leaves you gasping more than sobbing.