The British Film Institute (BFI) is giving Pandora’s Box (1929) a theatrical re-release in June. The version that will be shown is a 2K DCP of the 1997 Munich Film Museum restoration.
Pandora’s Box, which was directed by G.W. Pabst and stars the one-and-only Louise Brooks as Lulu, will open at BFI Southbank and “selected cinemas UK-wide” on June 1. Among the cities where the film will be shown are London, Leicester, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Dublin, and Belfast. The DCP comes with a score by Peer Raben, who has worked with Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
BFI Southbank
Barbican
Filmhouse Edinburgh
QFT Belfast
7 June
Stoke Film Theatre
From 8 June
IFI Dublin
Phoenix, Leicester
Belmont, Aberdeen
From 15 June
Glasgow Film Theatre
From 16 June
Mareel Shetlands Arts
From 23 June
Hippodrome Bo’ness
24 June
Palace Cinema Broadstairs
30 June
Penarth Pier Pavillion
Triskel Arts Cork
8 July
Rich Mix, London
From 15 July
Cine Lumiere
From 17 July
Artrix Bromsgrove
The Poly, Falmouth, Cornwall
5 August
Regent Street Cinema, London
Pandora’s Box is considered a classic, a masterpiece of the silent era and a landmark work in the history of world cinema. Its reputation is due largely to the riveting, red hot performance given by its star, Louise Brooks, in the role of Lulu.
Few can match Brooks’ intensity and erotic allure. Pauline Kael called her Lulu “The archetype of the voracious destructive women.” Brooks is that, and more. In fact, she’s stunning—and those who see the film for the first time often say they can’t take their eyes off the actress.
In his acclaimed 1989 biography of Brooks, Barry Paris wrote: “A case can be made that Pandora’s Box was the last of the silent films—not literally, but aesthetically. On the threshold of its premature death, the medium in Pandora achieved near perfection in form and content.”
If you want to learn more about Pandora's Box, be sure and check out the recently released book by Pamela Hutchinson. Pictured below, it is highly recommended by the Louise Brooks Society.
It’s that “near perfection in form and content”—dark and riveting, that draws audiences time and again. Here is the newly prepared BFI trailer for the film.
Pandora’s Box is also, as the trailer states (quoting yours truly in the Huffington Post), "one of the great masterpieces of the silent era."
Pandora’s Box, which was directed by G.W. Pabst and stars the one-and-only Louise Brooks as Lulu, will open at BFI Southbank and “selected cinemas UK-wide” on June 1. Among the cities where the film will be shown are London, Leicester, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Dublin, and Belfast. The DCP comes with a score by Peer Raben, who has worked with Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
June
From 1 JuneBFI Southbank
Barbican
Filmhouse Edinburgh
QFT Belfast
7 June
Stoke Film Theatre
From 8 June
IFI Dublin
Phoenix, Leicester
Belmont, Aberdeen
From 15 June
Glasgow Film Theatre
From 16 June
Mareel Shetlands Arts
From 23 June
Hippodrome Bo’ness
24 June
Palace Cinema Broadstairs
30 June
Penarth Pier Pavillion
July
From 1 JulyTriskel Arts Cork
8 July
Rich Mix, London
From 15 July
Cine Lumiere
From 17 July
Artrix Bromsgrove
August
4 AugustThe Poly, Falmouth, Cornwall
5 August
Regent Street Cinema, London
Pandora’s Box is considered a classic, a masterpiece of the silent era and a landmark work in the history of world cinema. Its reputation is due largely to the riveting, red hot performance given by its star, Louise Brooks, in the role of Lulu.
Few can match Brooks’ intensity and erotic allure. Pauline Kael called her Lulu “The archetype of the voracious destructive women.” Brooks is that, and more. In fact, she’s stunning—and those who see the film for the first time often say they can’t take their eyes off the actress.
In his acclaimed 1989 biography of Brooks, Barry Paris wrote: “A case can be made that Pandora’s Box was the last of the silent films—not literally, but aesthetically. On the threshold of its premature death, the medium in Pandora achieved near perfection in form and content.”
If you want to learn more about Pandora's Box, be sure and check out the recently released book by Pamela Hutchinson. Pictured below, it is highly recommended by the Louise Brooks Society.
Pamela Hutchinson's Pandora's Box (BFI Film Classics) is
available on amazon (UK and USA). It is, no doubt, also available at
better bookstores including the bookshop at BFI Southbank.
It’s that “near perfection in form and content”—dark and riveting, that draws audiences time and again. Here is the newly prepared BFI trailer for the film.
Pandora’s Box is also, as the trailer states (quoting yours truly in the Huffington Post), "one of the great masterpieces of the silent era."
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