12019-01-30T01:02:45+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b11My Best Girl (1927)plain2019-01-30T01:02:45+00:00Critical Commons19272019-01-28T19:13:12ZVideoSam TaylorMy Best GirlPatrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
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12019-01-30T01:30:40+00:001.x22 My Best Girl1My Best Girl (1927)plain2019-01-30T01:30:40+00:00Compare this scene with the two crossing-the-street shots from Sunrise (see 1.9 and 1.10). In Murnau’s film, the city is terrifyingly dangerous, becoming safe only when the lovers imagine themselves elsewhere. In My Best Girl, the actors and the camera cross the road together, their movements perfectly timed to avoid the vehicles zipping past. The effect is a utopian image of the modern city as a perfectly balanced system, a place where humans and machines can thrive together.