it's hard to imagine the audience reaction to this when it premiered 80 (!) years ago. with frank sexual themes, lesbianism, prostitution and murder they couldn't have gone much further without lulu appearing stark naked. louise brooks looks amazing and gives a remarkable perfo...( read more)
Pandora's Box is a landmark film and an eye-opening experience for anyone who still thinks silent pictures are simplistic and benign.
Louise Brooks' "Lulu" is iconic in every sense of the word. From her graceful form to her soft focus closeups to the way she approached a...( read more)
For his movie "Die Büchse Der Pandora (Panodra's Box)", G.W. Pabst took together the tragedies "Der Erdgeist" and "Die Büchse Der Pandora", forming the famous Lulu-diptych written by German dramatist Frank Wedekind (1864-1918), an important ancestor of literary expressionism, who...( read more)
Prostitution, muder, gambling, lesbians. Who said silent films couldn't be raw and racy. A film so controversial in its day, most countries had their own edit of the film. Told in 8 seperate acts, each one working as a short film within itself. The film is suprisingly modern, dea...( read more)
Amazing film. Louise Brooks is just mesmerising, my eyes were fixed on her the whole time. Has a great moody, sexual atmosphere throughout. Overall a must see of the silent era.
Controversial, amazing script, and full of wonders. And Louise Brooks. Anything else?
So Pandora's Box was a very very good movie. Not only was it stunning, but it was also way ahead of its time. I was completely stunned at the amount of sexuality and some of the other matter. The best part about the movie? Louise Brooks. She did an excellent job portraying Lulu. ...( read more)
Just what I expected. Brooks's performance is amazing as a seductress and it's obvious why the movie became controversial.
"Our profit margins are as thin as [chuckles] Louise Brooks' negligee!"
*blank stare*
"You know? Louise Brooks, the silent star of Lulu?"
- Mr. Burns (from the Simpsons episode "Weekend at Burnsie's")
Just from that alone, I wanna see what Burnsie was talkin' about...
^_^
This synopsis could apply equally to a great or a laughable film. Brooks makes it a great one. full review
One of those revered classics, so steeped in critical hysteria that it's almost heresy to question its greatness. full review
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