When the Camera Learned to Fly: F.W. Murnau and the Visual Achievement of Silent Filmmaking In his silent masterpieces, F.W. Murnau invented a new visual vocabulary for cinema. Read More Essays, (Re)Viewing the CanonAren BergstromJanuary 8, 2016F.W. Murnau, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, The Last LaughComment