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Pandora's Box
Film Description The all time silent classic based on two plays by Frank Wedekind. With a legendary performance by the luminous, vivacious Louise Brooks as Lulu, the most fatale of all femmes, a heightened naturalistic style and dark, dark, noirish leanings, the remorseless journey of the anti-heroine to her date with destiny, in the form of a man who may be Jack the Ripper, exudes a hypnotic fascination.
Film Information
DVD Extras Region 0. Original ratio (4:3). Restored and uncut. Includes 'Looking For Lulu' documentary which features rare footage and photos, interviews with friends & colleagues and a 1976 interview with Brookes herself. Optional English or German dialogue cards. Main feature includes musical acompaniment.
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Review by John Davies on 15th April 2002 Based on two Frank Wedekind plays, Erdgeist and Die Buchse der Pandora, Pandora's Box is widely considered the finest film of its director, G.W.Pabst- an extremely significant figure of Silent and early Thirties cinema, whose reputation, along with that of films such as The Threepenny Opera (voted among the all-time top ten by a major international poll in 1952) has, however, suffered something of a decline.
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Review by anonymous on "A masterpiece - miraculous" Sight and Sound. With a heightened naturalistic style and dark, dark, noirish leanings, the remorseless and fascinating journey of the anti-heroine to her date with destiny, in the form of a man who may be Jack the Ripper, exudes an hypnotic fascination.
Review by anonymous on All time silent classic based on two plays by Frank Wedekind. Legendary performance by the almost luminous Brooks as Lulu, the most fatale of all femmes. Astonishing and wonderful.
Review by anonymous on Beyond the iconic black bob and porcelain skin, Louise Brooks radiated sexuality with an unparalleled subtlety of expression and gesture. In this film she gives her most captivating and erotically charged performance and displays a smouldering screen presence that has never been equalled.
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