Pandora's Box The Criterion Collection

Finally! This classic silent film is finally available on DVD and the wait was worth it. Criterion is in charge and the package includes a ton of extras. See the link for details. This film from 1929 is considered to be Louise Brook's defining role. I pre-ordered this DVD and anxiously await it's release at the end of the month.

One of the masters of early German cinema, G. W. Pabst had an innate talent for discovering actresses (including Greta Garbo). And perhaps none of his female stars shone brighter than Kansas native and onetime Ziegfeld girl Louise Brooks, whose legendary persona was defined by Pabst's lurid, controversial melodrama Pandora's Box. Sensationally modern, the film follows the downward spiral of the fiery, brash, yet innocent showgirl Lulu, whose sexual vivacity has a devastating effect on everyone she comes in contact with. Daring and stylish, Pandora's Box is one of silent cinema's great masterworks and a testament to Brooks's dazzling individuality.