The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Anderson, Gillian B., 1943-
(Composer),
Pentchev, Dimitar, 1968-
(Composer),
Raben, Peer
(Composer) |
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| Corporate Authors: |
Janus Films,
Münchner Stadtmuseum. Abteilung Film,
Nero-Film A.G,
Criterion Collection (Firm) |
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| Other Authors: |
Pabst, G. W. (Georg Wilhelm), 1885-1967
(Director),
Vajda, Ladislaus, 1877-1933
(Screenwriter),
Horsetzky, Georg C.
(Producer),
Krampf, Günther
(Cinematographer),
Brooks, Louise, 1906-1985
(Actor),
Kortner, Fritz
(Actor),
Lederer, Francis, 1899-2000
(Actor),
Goetz, Carl, 1862-1932
(Actor),
Krafft-Raschig
(Actor),
Roberts, Alice, 1906-1985
(Actor),
D'Ora, Daisy, 1913-2010
(Actor),
Diessl, Gustav, 1899-1948
(Actor),
Newlinsky, Michael von, 1891-1964
(Actor),
Arno, Sig, 1895-1975
(Actor),
Elsaesser, Thomas, 1943-2019
(Commentator),
Doane, Mary Ann
(Commentator),
Oliva, Stephan
(Musician),
Hoberman, J.
(Writer of accompanying material),
Tynan, Kenneth, 1927-1980
(Writer of accompanying material),
Wedekind, Frank, 1864-1918 |
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| Format: | Video
DVD
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| Language: | German
English |
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| Published: |
[Irvington, N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection,
[2006]
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| Edition: | Special ed. double-disc set. |
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| Series: | Criterion collection.
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| Subjects: | |
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| Online Access: |
Click to access (Berklee OnePass required)
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| Item Description: |
- Adapted from the stage plays: Erdgeist & Die Büschse der Pandora / by Frank Wedekind.
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1929.
- DVD; region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital 5.1 (orchestral score only) or Dolby digital stereo; 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
- "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.
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