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Die Büchse der Pandora [videorecording]= Georg Wilhelm Pabst Pandora's Box

By: Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmSummary language: English Original language: German Subtitle language: English, German Series: The Criterion Collection ; Vol. 358Publication details: Germany Criterion Collection Image Entertainment Nero-Film AG 2006Description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 133 min.) sound, black & white. 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (95 p. : ill. ; 19 cm)Other title:
  • Pandora's Box
Uniform titles:
  • Pandora's Box
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .B834 1929
Summary: From case cover: 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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Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
DVD - Video DVD - Video SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-A: DVD Cabinet A PN1997 .B834 1929 d.1 Available Feature Film. Silent with German intertitles and optional English subtitles. 000636
DVD - Video DVD - Video SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-A: DVD Cabinet A PN1997 .B834 1929 d.2 Available Special Features. 000637
Reference Reference SILC Learning Support Services DH132AA - Receiption/Circulation PN1997 .B834 1929 Not for loan Supplemental Booklet 000635

Adapted from the plays "Erdgeist" and "Die Bueschse der Pandora" by Frank Wedekind.

Special features:
-New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the definitive Munich Film Museum restoration
-Four musical scores, each offering its own interpretation of the film
-Audio commentary by film scholars Thomas Elsaesser and Mary Ann Doane
-"Louise Brooks: looking for Lulu" (1998), a 60-minute documentary by Hugh Munro Neeley
-"Lulu in Berlin" (1971), a rare, 48-minute interview with Louise Brooks by vérité documentarian Richard Leacock and Susan Steinberg Woll
-New video interviews with Leacock, about Brooks, and Michael Pabst the director's son
-Stills gallery
-Book featuring Kenneth Tynan's 1979 essay "The girl in the black helmet," an article by Louise Brooks on her relationship with Pabst, and a new essay by critic J. Hoberman.

From case cover:
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.

DVD Video; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo, NTSC, Region 1, 1.33:1 aspect ratio as 4:3 full screen.

Silent with German intertitles and optional English subtitles.

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