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Lulu in Berlin
(1971)
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This documentary directed by Richard Leacock features a latter-day interview with the delightful Louise Brooks.
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 The Criterion Collection
2024 Blu-ray Disc edition
Pandora’s Box (1929), black & white, 141 minutes, not rated, with Lulu in Berlin (1971), color and black & white, 48 minutes, not rated.
The Criterion Collection, unknown catalog number (collection number 358), UPC 7-15515-30321-7, unknown ISBN number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; German language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; insert booklet; standard BD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 15 October 2024.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from archival film materials of the documentary.
Supplemental material includes audio commentary for Pandora’s Box by film scholars Thomas Elsaesser and Mary Ann Doane; the documentary, Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (1998); an interview with Lulu in Berlin director Richard Leacock; an interview with G.W. Pabst’s son, Michael; and an insert booklet featuring an essay by critic J. Hoberman, and notes on the music scores.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This
Region A Blu-ray Disc edition is available directly from . . .
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 The Criterion Collection
2006 DVD edition
Pandora’s Box (1929), black & white, 133 minutes, not rated, with Lulu in Berlin (1971), color and black & white, 48 minutes, not rated.
The Criterion Collection, CC1656D (collection number 358),
UPC 7-15515-02062-6, ISBN 1-9341-2104-5.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc (two DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 7.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; two plastic trays in cardboard wrap with supplemental book in cardboard slipcase; $39.95.
Release date: 28 November 2006.
Country of origin: USA
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This high-quality DVD edition has an advantage over the earlier home video editions on laserdisc and VHS by virtue of its grouping with another Brooks documentary and with her most famous film.
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the documentary.
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This Region 1 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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Other silent era LOUISE BROOKS films available on home video.
Other silent era-related DOCUMENTARIES available on home video.
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Louise Brooks filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
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