This classic silent German film tells of Lulu, a sensual chorus girl whose uncontainable sexual power literally destroys every man with whom she has an affair, until she encounters one of history's most notorious killers - Jack the Ripper. Considered particularly shocking at the time of its release because of the suggestion of a lesbian attraction between Lulu and a Countess. Brooks is at her sultry finest.
Review 1:
"Brooks' Lulu is enchantingly childlike....You can't take your eyes off her. Ditto Pabst's rich filmmaking..." -- Grade: A-
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.69 12/01/2006
Review 2:
"[With] themes and images that have continued to fascinate filmgoers and scholars....[S]till striking today..."
Source: New York Times
p.E3 11/28/2006
Review 3:
"G.W. Pabst's brilliantly complex and deeply affecting work captures the Weimar zeitgeist and endures as one of silent cinema's great accomplishments."
Source: Film Comment
p.77 01/01/2007
Review 4:
Included in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 10 DVDs Of The Year" -- "[T]hrilling..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.112 12/29/2006
Review 5:
"The extras constitute a great celebration of the star."
Source: Premiere
p.97 03/01/2007