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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 0715515020626
Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Criterion
Manufacturer: Criterion
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 28, 2006
Running Time: 133 minutes
Sales Rank: 9675
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: 1929
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One of the masters of early German cinema, G.W. Pabst had an innate talent for discovering actresses (including Greta Garbo). And perhaps none of his female stars shone brighter than Kansas native and onetime Ziegfeld girl Louise Brooks, whose legendary persona was defined by Pabst’s lurid, controversial melodrama Pandora’s Box. Sensationally modern, the film follows the downward spiral of the fiery, brash, yet innocent showgirl Lulu, whose sexual vivacity has a devastating effect on everyone she comes in contact with. Daring and stylish, Pandora’s Box is one of silent cinema’s great masterworks, and a testament to Brooks’s dazzling individuality.
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G.W. Pabst's Pandora's Box serves as a filmic window into the decadent Weimar Republic because of its tauntingly beautiful star, Louise Brooks. Brooks, encompassing the very essence of sexual allure and mystery, is iconically linked to her character, Lulu, the dancer-turned-streetwalker who captivates all men in her path with her elusive beauty. Set in Berlin, 1928, Pandora's Box is about Lulu, an aspiring star whose patron, Dr. Schön (Fritz Kortner), finds loyalty to his fiancé impossible because of Lulu's unsurpassed charm. Schön's son, Alwa, also falls in love with Lulu until a series of tragic incidents render them destitute in London, where Lulu resorts to prostitution and, in a final devastating scene, picks up her final john, Jack the Ripper. In the silent film era, Brooks's expressive face and graceful movements enabled her to epitomize a Roaring Twenties' version of feminism: innocence underpinned by sexual innuendo. Key scenes in Pandora's Box, such as when Lulu thrills at Dr. Schön's fiancé discovering he and Lulu embraced, or when Lulu's gleaming eyes mimic Jack the Ripper's polished knife blade, are radically risqué examples of all-time seductive cinematic moments. The Criterion Collection's beautifully packaged release of Pandora's Box features a thorough booklet of essays and photos, as well as a biographical documentary about Brooks and an interview with Pabst's son, Michael. After languishing in obscurity for many years preceding her death in the '80s, Louise Brooks will now forever be remembered as Lulu, Hollywood's finest vixen. --Trinie Dalton
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It was a dream come true to find this movie in the Criterion Collection. Pandorax Box is a classic movie and a great story ... I loved watching this movie. This collection is loaded with interviews from people and family members who knew Louise Brooks very well, also included in this DVD Collection is Lulu in Berlin, Looking for Lulu, and also a commentary throughout the whole movie... I also must say that there are four scores to chose from, what other movie has that ??? Just a great DVD for Louise ... Read More
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This movie is incredibly complex, and is best watched with the commentary on, at least for the first time. Otherwise, you're going to be totally bewildered about what is going on. The scenes jump, sometimes jarringly, and it is often difficult to determine what is happening, and where things are going. I believe that the movie would have benefitted from more indications of what the characters are saying- although you can often read Louise's lips- and she seems to be following the script.
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The scene opens on an upper landing outside Lulu's apartment. A man is reading the meter when Lulu emerges, flirts with him, pours him a glass of schnaps. He is quite charmed until an elderly man appears at the door and Lulu hustles him inside. The scene tells us a lot about Lulu, but not all of our first impressions are correct.
While there are some tense scenes in PANDORA'S BOX, it's not what most people would call a thriller. It is, in fact,
... a tragedy,
... black and ... Read More
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Georg Wilhelm Pabst's 1929 film Pandora's Box is a masterful melodrama. Based on Frank Wedekind's character Lulu, Pandora's Box is a classic of German cinema detailing the life and downward spiral of a sexually vivacious yet innocent young woman. The original plays (Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box) which served as inspiration, were vast and rambling accounts of Lulu's many relationships. G.W. Pabst felt that theatregoers would lose interest in what would have been for the time a terribly long film, so screenwriter ... Read More
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The only reason I watched this was because I was led to think that this film was highly artistic, and secondly, because of Louise Brooks. I can't say that I was that impressed about the film, but Louise Brook's performance was great. She was so much ahead of her time, and her beauty and appeal would fit into today's modern subcultures as well.
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