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 Louise Brooks, will open at BFI Southbank and “selected cinemas UK-wide” on June 1. Additional dates and venues are to be announced. According to reports, the DCP comes with a score by Peer Raben, who has worked with Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
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.”
It’s that “near perfection”—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 Louise Brooks, will open at BFI Southbank and “selected cinemas UK-wide” on June 1. Additional dates and venues are to be announced. According to reports, the DCP comes with a score by Peer Raben, who has worked with Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
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.”
It’s that “near perfection”—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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