louise brooks / diary of a lost girl

[moonlily1]

is she supposed to be dead or asleep?

[16reynoso]

@moonlily1 I was wondering the same. I think its the film where she's in a theature and gets shot :/

[TehPwnator]

@moonlily1 Actually neither, and I know this is a year late and you probably don't care any more but... She just became a prostitute at a bordelo, this man is her first assignment. Like she did in the beginning of the movie when she was raped/seduced she surrenders herself.

[antominho]

The most wonderful, the prettiest, the best!. Read her biography for founding out how special she was

[rayito2005]

She so beautiful , talented , well She was bauty Now she's die

[xDeepPurpleDreamx]

This is beautiful.

[giulianoboiti]

well, she's fantastic ! tnkoyu !

[valelali21]

in 1929 by GW Pabst, a german director

[goude2]

what year was this made?

[DJB6483]

I was born a Brooks, gave this video 5 stars !

[creamofcardstv]

I love the early movies. I've given you five stars, please check out my movie memorabilia vids (includes Louise Brooks)

when you have time.

[glansiga]

wow she is totally passive. gender roles.

[ccfc73]

Which is almost hilarious, given what a spitfire she was irl. She'd probably make Tilda Swinton seem girly-girl if she were alive today.

[cha5]

Has Diary Of A Lost Girl been released on DVD?

I have the Criterion edition of Pandora's Box

which is one of my favorites,

There will never be another Lulu.

[jamiemusic]

Diary of a Lost Girl was released by Kino a few years back. I bought a copy of it in Toronto last year.

[cha5]

Great, Thanks for the information,

I've got some hunting to do.

[stanjarin]

I want to know why the orange light stayed on even after the guy turned the white light off.

If you can find Kevin Brownlow's book "The Parade's Gone By" read it, it's got a terrific interview with her towards the end of her life (as I recall it). Her life is a great story in itself. She was a smart, beautiful, unconventional woman, check her out on wikipedia.

I've never actually seen any of her films, so thanks for posting this.

[cynthiacher]

This clip is so ridiculous. She's supposed to be dead drunk, I presume. Most passed out drunk women don't collapse into such a limpid, pretty, graceful swoon; they're like a sack of potatoes, flopping all over the place. I guess the pose is to emphasize her neck and have her hair swing back just so. I like a lot of silent film stars, but movies of that era are frequently silly as hell.

[thisgunforhire05]

Speak for yourself, Brooks drives the whole thing from the center seat and her performance was electric. You obviously don't understand the art of pantomime and you probably shouldn't be watching silent films because you simply speak ignorance. Try watching The Big Parade or Sunrise.

[cynthiacher]

"Acting" in silent films consisted mostly of exaggerated movements and facial expressions. This performance is no exception; NOBODY is THAT graceful when passed out drunk. I understand pantomime very well; if this is a pantomine of a woman unconscious from drinking it's not realistic at ALL. But that was silent film.

[creamofcardstv]

I like your vide clip and have rated it as awesome. Please check out mine on a set of 1920's movie star cards: Louise Brooks, Greta Garbo, Marion Davies, Fay Wray,Clara Bow, and many more.

[cynthiacher]

Louise Brooks photographed brilliantly, but she was no actress. She always seems to play herself: a wild, hedonistic, drunken, dancing girl.

[thisgunforhire05]

Louise Brooks was an actress and was much better then she or youself is giving her credit for. She never overacts, never gives away much and therefore her style of acting is incredibly natural and never forced. But you obviously haven't seen the fun comedy The Show Off because Louise Brooks performance is likable and nothing like in her German silents.

[sayward12]

anyone know where to find this movie online? I can't find a hard copy at any of my local video stores. Thanks.

[dookerbaby]

sadly the original version was 2 x longer than the one that was released...it was almost a completely different film originally.

[thisgunforhire05]

Well, she is raped and made pregnant by her father's young assistant. But G.W. Pabst is such a good director! I've always loved this film and it's more realistic style and the way he uses both expressionism and social-realism.

[Leeseeange]

I do believe that she's about to be raped.

Poor girl.

[song32290]

Is shes dead??? O_O

[AliceFrost]

No, she's not used to wine and is indeed, about to be taken advantage of. The cad!