The Janus Films restoration of Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, will be shown at the University of Wisconsin Cinematheque today - February 24 at 7 pm. This screening of the restored 141 minute 2K DCP will take place at 4070 Vilas Hall in Madison, Wisconsin and will be accompanied on live piano by David Drazin. And what's more, it is FREE. More information can be found HERE.
The UW Cinematheque event description reads, "Brooks plays Lulu, heroine of Frank Wedekind’s beloved German plays. An innocently immoral sexual predator, Lulu discards and destroys men as she tries to get ahead…until she meets Jack the Ripper. After a series of nondescript flapper films, the American Brooks abandoned Hollywood in favor of artistically richer projects in Europe. She emerged a screen icon through her work on Pandora’s Box, Pabst’s masterpiece of silent cinema."
I think that is the first time I have ever seen Wedekind's plays described as "beloved." Perhaps a better word would be "classic" or "highly regarded." Also, this venue and all the others screening the film are describing the film's restoration as "new." It is not. Unless I am mistaken, the restoration dates to 2009. A better word or phrase would be "newly released."
Want to lean more? A big, newly updated page about Pandora's Box can be found on the new and improved Louise Brooks Society website. Click on the film title to access the LBS filmography page devoted to the movie.
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