Pandora's Box (1929) [Criterion Blu-ray]

G. W. Pabst directs Louise Brooks as Lulu, a magnetic showgirl whose relationships set off a destructive chain of events. This German silent drama is presented in Criterion's Blu-ray edition.

Specifications

• 1929; 141 minutes; black and white; 1.33:1
• 1 Blu-ray disc; new 2K restoration
• Four musical scores by Gillian Anderson, Dimitar Pentchev, Peer Raben and Stéphan Oliva

Special features

• Commentary by Thomas Elsaesser and Mary Ann Doane
• Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (1998)
• Lulu in Berlin (1971), an interview with Brooks
• Interviews with Richard Leacock and Michael Pabst
• Essay by J. Hoberman, score notes, Kenneth Tynan's The Girl in the Black Helmet and Brooks on Pabst