Dr. Ralph H. Wolfe Viewing Center

Call Number: DVD01090

by G W Pabst; Ladislaus Vajda; Georg C Horsetzky; Günther Krampf; Louise Brooks; Fritz Kortner; Francis Lederer; Carl Goetz; Krafft-Raschig.; Alice Roberts; Daisy D’Ora; Gustav Diessl; Michael von Newlinsky; Sig Arno; Thomas Elsaesser; Mary Ann Doane; Gillian B Anderson; Dimitar Pentchev; Peer Raben; Stephan Oliva; J Hoberman; Kenneth Tynan; Frank Wedekind; Janus Films.; Münchner Stadtmuseum. Abteilung Film.; Nero-Film A.G.; Criterion Collection (Firm);

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher:  [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, ©2006.

Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1929 (133 mins). Adapted from the stage plays: Erdgeist & Die Büschse der Pandora / by Frank Wedekind. “New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the definitive Munich Film Museum restoration”–Container. Accompanying booklet (“Reflections on ‘Pandora’s box'”) includes essays by film critic J. Hoberman (“Opening ‘Pandora’s box'”), film critic Kenneth Tynan (“The girl in the black helmet”), & actress Louise Brooks (“Pabst and Lulu”). Special features (disc 1): Optional audio commentary by film scholars Thomas Elsaesser & Mary Ann Doane; Four different musical scores (orchestral score by Gillian Anderson, cabaret score by Dimitar Pentchev, modern orchestral score by Peer Raben, piano improvisation by Stéphan Oliva). Special features (disc 2): “Louise Brooks : looking for Lulu” (documentary film by Hugh Munro Neeley ; 1998, 60 min.); “Lulu in Berlin” (documentary filmmakers Richard Leacock & Susan Steinberg Woll interview actress Louise Brooks ; 1984, 48 min.); “The shadow of my father : Michael Pabst on G.W. Pabst’s ‘Pandora’s box'” (interview with director G.W. Pabst’s son by Richard Leacock ; 2006, 34 min. ; in German, with optional English subtitles); stills gallery.

Summary: The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.

OCLC #: 71036519

Added: November 1, 2010