Pandora's box
Title:
Pandora's box
Author:
Pabst, G. W. (Georg Wilhelm), 1885-1967.
Edition:
[DVD version].
Publication Information:
Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection ; Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, [2006]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (approximately 133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
Follows the downward spiral of the fiery, brash, yet innocent showgirl Lulu, whose sexual vivacity has a devastating effect on everyone with whom she comes in contact.
General Note:
Title from container.
Adapted from the plays "Erdgeist" and "Die Bueschse der Pandora" by Frank Wedekind.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1929.
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 Pabstm 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.
Language:
German
Reading Level:
Not rated.
ISBN:
9781934121047
UPC:
715515020626
Format :
DVD
