Editing F. W. Murnau (section)

===Hollywood===
[[File:Matisse Murnau Tahiti 1930.jpg|thumb|upright|Murnau with [[Henri Matisse]] in [[Tahiti]] in 1930]]
Murnau immigrated to Hollywood in 1926, where he joined the [[20th Century Fox|Fox Studio]] and made ''[[Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans]]'' (1927), a movie often cited by scholars as one of the greatest of all time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/326478/sunrise-a-song-of-two-humans#articles-reviews |title=Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) |work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=April 20, 2016 |archive-date=April 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405101632/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/326478/Sunrise-A-Song-of-Two-Humans/articles.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Released in the Fox [[Movietone sound system|Movietone]] [[sound-on-film]] system (music and sound effects only), ''Sunrise'' was not a financial success, but received several Oscars at the very first [[Academy Awards]] ceremony in 1929. In winning the [[Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Production]] it shared what is now the [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] award with the movie ''[[Wings (1927 film)|Wings]]''. The first [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] went to [[Janet Gaynor]] for this and two other films that year; afterward, each award was limited to work in a single film. In spite of this, Murnau was financially well off, and purchased a farm in [[Oregon]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Movies in American History: An Encyclopedia [3 volumes]: An Encyclopedia |page=755 |editor=DiMare, Phillip C. |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2011}}</ref>

Murnau's next two films, the (now lost) ''[[4 Devils]]'' (1928) and ''[[City Girl (1930 film)|City Girl]]'' (1930), were modified to adapt to the new era of [[sound film]] and were not well received. Their poor receptions disillusioned Murnau, and he quit Fox to journey for a while in the South Pacific.<ref name="TCM" />

Together with documentary film pioneer [[Robert J. Flaherty]], Murnau traveled to [[Bora Bora]] to make the film ''[[Tabu: A Story of the South Seas|Tabu]]'' in 1931. Flaherty left after artistic disputes with Murnau, who had to finish the movie himself. The movie was censored in the United States for its images of bare-breasted [[Polynesia]]n women.<ref name="fionapleasance">{{cite web |last1=fionapleasance |title=Tabu: A Story of the South Seas |url=https://mostlyfilm.com/2013/06/21/tabu-story-of-the-south-seas/ |website=Mostly Film |date=June 21, 2013 |access-date=October 17, 2018 |archive-date=October 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017123606/https://mostlyfilm.com/2013/06/21/tabu-story-of-the-south-seas/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was originally shot  by cinematographer [[Floyd Crosby]] as half-talkie, half-silent, before being fully restored as a silent film — Murnau's preferred medium.