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09/26/08
Pandora's Box (1928)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:20
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8.5/10
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... [More]
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10/18/08
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.
06/15/06
Top CriticIt would be impossible to name all the artists who have been touched by Pandora's Box, but novelist Vladimir Nabokov, filmmakers Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Quentin Tarantino, and pop singers Madonna and Siouxsie Sioux are but an obvious few.
01/01/00
Brooks overwhelms the lens with her magnetic eyes.
10/13/06
No review available.
08/22/03
It's a stunning film, no question, with sexuality that is quite frank for its day, effective atmosphere and, of course, Brooks' stunning performance.
10/13/02
Bold for its time, this restored, uncut version is a touch slow at some points, but its star glows throughout.
11/30/06
Brooks offers a brilliantly guileless performance.
06/22/06
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.
03/28/06
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.
06/02/06
It's something that should not be missed.
06/17/06
There would never be another Lulu -- nor will there ever be.
06/13/06
Top CriticPabst was a psychologically astute filmmaker, but it's the shockingly sensual, charismatic Brooks that makes the picture.
07/13/06
No review available.
03/19/04
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.
12/11/06
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.
10/12/06
Top CriticOne of those revered classics, so steeped in critical hysteria that it's almost heresy to question its greatness.
01/01/00
Top CriticMiss 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.
03/27/05
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.
06/15/06
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