358 - Pandora's Box

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- New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the definitive Munich Film Museum restoration
- Four different musical scores, each with its own unique stylistic interpretation of the film
- Audio commentary by film scholars Thomas Elsaesser and Mary Ann Doane
- Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu, a 1998 documentary
- Lulu in Berlin (48 minutes), a rare 1971 interview with Brooks by verite documentarian Richard Leacock
- A new video interview with Leacock
- A new interview with G. W. Pabst's son, Michael
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A book including Kenneth Tynan's famous essay "The Girl in the Black Helmet," a chapter from Louise Brooks's evocative memoir discussing her relationship with Pabst, and a new essay by film critic J. Hoberman

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I NEED to see this. I really haven't seen enough silent films and this looks like a masterpiece. I will try to watch this before I buy it though.

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New Cover:

Old Cover:

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It's good that they found the full cover, even though the face looks obviously 'shopped.


Here's the original: