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Pandora's Box (The Criterion Collection) DVD

Unrated :: Criterion :: Released: 2006-11-28

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Pandora's Box (The Criterion Collection) Summary 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.

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

Buchse der Pandora [2 Discs]... DVD Techincal Details Cast: Louise Brooks, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz, Krafft-Raschig
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Rated: Unrated
Running Time: 133 mins
UPC: 715515020626
Binding: DVD
Studio: Criterion
Release Date: 2006-11-28
Region Code: 1
Specs: Black & White, DVD, Silent, Subtitled, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), German (Original Language),