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Pandora's Box (1928)

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Reviews Counted:22

Fresh:20

Rotten:2

Average Rating:8.5/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Jun 16, 2006 Limited

Synopsis: This classic silent German film tells of Lulu, a sensual chorus girl whose uncontainable sexual power literally destroys every man with whom she has an affair, until she encounters one of history's... This classic silent German film tells of Lulu, a sensual chorus girl whose uncontainable sexual power literally destroys every man with whom she has an affair, until she encounters one of history's most notorious killers - Jack the Ripper. Considered particularly shocking at the time of its release because of the suggestion of a lesbian attraction between Lulu and a Countess. Brooks is at her sultry finest. [More]

Starring: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner

Starring: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner

Director: G.W. Pabst

Director: G.W. Pabst
Composer: Dimitar Pentchev
Studio: Kino International

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09/26/08
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"Pandora's Box" is a German silent film that Paris Hilton could relate to. She wouldn't like the way it ends, though.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
12/24/06
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

Give all due credit to Pabst, but Brooks pretty much single-handedly raises Pandora's Box above being just another doomed-bad-girl melodrama.... She makes Lulu unfathomable, a well that always has more to give. Therefore, so is the film.

Full Review Source: DVDJournal.com | comment Comment
12/11/06
Mark Bourne
Mark Bourne
DVDJournal.com

Bold for its time, this restored, uncut version is a touch slow at some points, but its star glows throughout.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
11/30/06
David Parkinson
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine

Brooks overwhelms the lens with her magnetic eyes.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
10/13/06
Bill Stamets
Bill Stamets
Chicago Sun-Times
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If you've never seen Brooks -- or Pandora's Box -- you've missed one of the most extraordinary personalities and films of the silent movie era.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
10/12/06
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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Pabst was a psychologically astute filmmaker, but it's the shockingly sensual, charismatic Brooks that makes the picture.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
07/13/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

The movie remains one of the most insightful depictions of the elemental incongruity between man's nature and woman's.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
07/07/06
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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Brooks offers a brilliantly guileless performance.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
06/22/06
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

It's something that should not be missed.

Full Review Source: Greenwich Village Gazette | comment Comment
06/17/06
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

More than a little overbaked and frequently veering from the artistic to the artsy. But Louise Brooks is, herself, every inch a classic.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
06/16/06
Phil Hall
Phil Hall
Film Threat

2006 is the centennial of actress Louise Brooks, and to honor it, her greatest film, Pandora's Box, is being released in a new 35-mm print in New York's Film Forum before being taken around the country.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
06/15/06
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor

Neither an exposé of social conditions nor a psychological case study and certainly not a moral parable G. W. Pabst's Pandora's Box is a tour de force of cinematic eroticism.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
06/15/06
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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There would never be another Lulu -- nor will there ever be.

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06/13/06
J. Hoberman
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
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This is a stirring vision of the world gripped by a sinister moral vice--a nosedive into a carnal abyss of despair lined with visionary chiaroscuro sights and thorny mythological references.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
06/02/06
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

One of the great films about the mysterious allure of the female form and the destructive power of the male gaze that's inflicted upon it.

Full Review Source: Cinematic Reflections | comment Comment
03/28/06
Derek Smith
Derek Smith
Cinematic Reflections

Miss Brooks is attractive and she moves her head and eyes at the proper moment, but whether she is endeavoring to express joy, woe, anger or satisfaction it is often difficult to decide.

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03/27/05
Mordaunt Hall
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New York Times
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