PANDORA’S BOX: 4K RESTORATION

August 3, 4 & 11, 2024
Pandora’s Box
New 4K Restoration
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.
Dir: G. W. Pabst / German with English Intertitles / 1929 / 141 min

“One of the most complete, ecstatic, impetuous and reckless performances anyone had ever given on screen.” – David Thomson, Moments That Made Movies

SCREENING: SAT 8/3 7PM; SUN 8/4 7PM; SUN 8/11 7PM

Tickets are available at the box office 30 minutes before showtimes.