23 May 2018
The Dilemma
Two men walk agitatedly on a dirt road, between underbrush and large trees. One follows the other: both inspect the place. After a while, they stop in the middle of the foliage.
Lulu
This highly stylized, critically acclaimed film from the 70's mixes silent film cards, a soundscape, color, opera music and atmosphere to explore the Freudian truths about men's fear of women that Wedekind powerfully exposed. A kinetic melodrama of the rise of a femme-fatale and her fate at the hands of Jack-the-Ripper. Rethinking Pabst's silent film and Alban Berg's opera.
Top Billed Cast
Elisa Leonelli Lulu
Paul Shenar Ludwig Schon
Warren Pierce Doctor Goll
Stephen Ashbrook Walter
Norma Leistiko Countess Geschwitz
Michael Anderson Prince Escerny
Thomas Roberdeau Jack the Ripper
Winston Tong Puppeteer
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