Lulu sure gets around.... There has been a flurry of screenings of Pandora's Box of late, with the latest announced for just a few days from now.
The recently released restoration of Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, will be shown at the Orpheum Theater in Saugerties, New York beginning on March 29 and continuing through March 31. For those not familiar, Saugerties is a town in the northeastern corner of Ulster County in New York state. It is about a 110 mile, two hour drive north from New York City. More about this screening can be found HERE.
According to the UpstateFilms.org website:
"Louise Brooks smolders as Lulu in this era-defining, hyper-stylized German silent film wherein a beautiful showgirl’s indulgence brings about her ruin… but how lovely that downfall looks! Lesbians, killers, and modern dance all weave through Lulu’s adventures on her way down the rabbit hole of depravity. Originally received as scornful and debaucherous, the film is now seen as a landmark of cinema. (dir. G. W. Pabst, Germany, 1929, 141 min)"
“There are few tragic heroines more alluring than Lulu, the heartbeat of Georg Wilhelm Pabst’s Pandora’s Box,
brought to life by a performer whose image—the winsome, mischievous
eyes, the glossy, art-deco bob—remains a symbol of sexual charisma and
freedom….To watch her today is to become her prisoner all over again.
She’s as dismissible as a moonbeam.” – Time
The Orpheum Theater (at 154 Main Street) is an historic venue. It opened in 1908 as a vaudeville house, before changing over to movies in the 1920s. As newspapers from the period have not been digitized, I have not been able to determine if any of Louise Brooks films were shown there in the 1920s.
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