Pandora's box

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    • Hutchinson, Pamela

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Pandora's box

Pamela Hutchinson

(BFI film classics)(BFI books)

Palgrave, 2018

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Die Büchse der Pandora

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Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Die Buchse der Pandora (Pandora's Box, 1929), starring Hollywood icon Louise Brooks, is an established classic of the silent era.Pamela Hutchinson revisits and challenges many assumptions made about the film, its lead character and its star. Putting the film in historical and contemporary contexts, Hutchinson investigates how the film speaks to new audiences.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements.- Pabst and Brooks: the director and the star.- Wedekind and Lulu's 'divine birth'.- The making of Pandora's Box.- The cast of Pandora's Box.- Pandora's Box in eight acts.- Beyond Pandora's Box.- Notes and Bibliography.

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