Comments | sidewalksg: Swoon Pt. II

sidewalksg

Swoon Pt. II

Mar 05, 2010 01:28

The 1929 silent movie Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, is one of my favourite films. I hadn't read the play until recently. The character who speaks the lines I quoted in my last entry, Alva, is much different in the movie, so I was surprised by the sexual-sexy-sex-sex of the lines. Although the Alva (Alwa) in the movie (played by Francis ( Read more... )

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kittengrin March 6 2010, 02:53:56 UTC

*finds movie*

I think I have to see this now.

I have a more appropriate icon, but I *think* the one I used is Louise Brooks. I had a whole series of icons with silent film stars/Tori Amos quotes.

sidewalksg March 6 2010, 07:42:04 UTC

Your icon is actually a picture of Pola Negri, who was pretty darn vampish in her day. Very appropriate, if you ask me. :)

sidewalksg March 6 2010, 11:04:19 UTC

And you need to see it! It's such a good movie, and Francis Lederer is all sorts of adorable! :D

Someone's posted the entire movie on youtube. I highly recommend turning down the volume and throwing down your own playlist to listen to while you watch it. The movie's actual soundtrack can become tedious after a little while. :)