The British Film Institue (BFI) is screening the 1929 Louise Brooks' film, Pandora's Box, not once, but four times in January! The first screening took place yesterday, with the others following on January 6, 8, and 2 at the National Film Theater 2 in London. Tickets are on sale. For more information about this historic presentation, please visit THIS PAGE.
These screenings will feature live piano accompaniment by John Sweeney (6 Jan), Wendy Hiscocks (8 Jan), and Costas
Fotopoulos (21 Jan).
Pandora's Box is now considered a classic, but when it was first shown in the UK in 1930, the press had reservations, as can be seen in this vintage clipping from the Louise Brooks Society archive.
From the BFI website: "Pabst’s landmark adaptation of two plays by Frank Wedekind boasts an
iconic performance by Louise Brooks as Lulu, the guiltless, guileless
beauty who wreaks havoc among all those seduced by her raw sexuality,
only to fall prey to an even darker force. A precise and subtle
expressionism inflects the sets, costumes and make-up, highlighting the
ruinous appeal of unbridled eroticism."
Pandora's Box is now considered a classic, but when it was first shown in the UK in 1930, the press had reservations, as can be seen in this vintage clipping from the Louise Brooks Society archive.
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