Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by tinear (A) on March 01, 2007 at 10:54:26

In Reply to: IMHO, both films are supurb; it's just that Pandora's Box is a somewhat better realized, richer film overall. posted by Audiophilander on March 1, 2007 at 10:08:36:

as such, but I'm quite familiar with German modern history including painting, music, literature, and architecture.
Venereal disease, heavy drug and alcohol use, physical abuse, these are staples of any brothel, whether in Germany or Leningrad.
I purposefully left off the happy denouement, though it was almost as unbelievable as the earlier part.
Really, that school for girls was supposed to make a girl wish to escape to the streets? All we saw was some tough exercising and poor food. Perhaps the censors clipped worse parts but still it's hard to believe the same director made this and, especially, after he'd made PD.
Perhaps Pabst, and Lulu, wished for a happier vehicle after the overwhelmingly dark and tragic PD.
Did I mention how wonderful her performance was, anyway?
That apothecary was memorably nasty, too.