Louise Brooks - Looking for Lulu
by Hugh Munro Neely
Our Price: $49.82
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $9.99 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Dana Delany, Louise Brooks, Paolo Cherchi Usai, Roddy McDowall, Shirley MacLaineDirector: Hugh Munro Neely
Brand: Image Entertainment
Producer: Hugh Munro Neely
Producer: Carl H. Lindahl
Producer: Elaina Archer
Producer: Hugh M. Hefner
Producer: John J. Flynn
Producer: Keith Lawrence
Writer: Barry Paris
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-06-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Louise Brooks - Looking for Lulu
Movie Review: Exceptional documentary
Summary: 5 Stars
"Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu" is an exceptionally well-crafted and emotionally moving documentary. It is one of the best film documentaries I have seen. Barry Paris (author of the definitive biography of the actress) has written a masterful, sympathetic script. And director Hugh Munro Neely has fashioned a well-researched, balanced and finely documented study of this 20th century icon.
Louise Brooks (1906 - 1985) was incredibly photogenic - some have claimed her to be one of the most beautiful actresses of all time. The many photographic images shown in this film highlight Brooks' life and career as a girl growing up in small-town Kansas, as a Denishawn dancer (she danced alongside Martha Graham!), as a showgirl with the Ziegfeld Follies in 1920's New York, as a bobbed-hair flapper in a handful of American silent films, as Lulu - an innocent femme fatale murdered by Jack the Ripper in her most famous film - the now classic German production "Pandora's Box," and later in life, as an essayist and author of the bestselling book, "Lulu in Hollywood."
"Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu" features numerous film clips - some of them rare, including Brooks' first appearance in a movie, her first part in a talkie, and her last film, a low budget Western with John Wayne. There are also excerpts from an on-screen interview with the actress conducted later in her life. The film is narrated by Shirley MacLaine (herself a big Brooks fan), and features interviews with actor Francis Lederer, (Brooks' co-star in "Pandora's Box"), actor Roddy McDowell (a longtime admirer and friend), actress Dana Delany (another fan of the actress), and others who knew Brooks throughout her life. These interviews are well chosen, and help tell the story of her "life, death, and resurrection."
Perhaps the only criticism one could offer is that "Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu" is not long enough! (Pretty much everyone who has seen this film wishes for more.) Another twenty or thirty minutes spent exploring Brooks' time in Europe, her decades of obscurity, her rediscovery, and the cult which has grown up around her would be welcome. Otherwise, this film is highly recommended for anyone interested in Louise Brooks in particular or film history in general.
Summary of Louise Brooks - Looking for Lulu
LOUISE BROOKS:LOOKING FOR LULU - DVD MovieSimilar DVD Movies
TCM Archives - Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 2 (The Divorcee / A Free Soul / Night Nurse / Three on a Match / Female)TCM Archives; Release date: 2008-03-04; DVD
Best price: $24.00
Price in other shops:
Louise Brooks: Lulu Foreverby Peter Cowie
Rizzoli; Published: 2006-11-07; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $34.99
Price in other shops:
The Actors: Rare Films Of Louise Brooks Vol.4Release date: 2009-12-28; DVD
Best price: $16.99
Louise Brooks: A Biographyby Barry Paris
Univ Of Minnesota Press; Published: 2000-07-10; Paperback; Book
Best price: $15.39
Price in other shops:
The Actors: Rare Films Of Louise Brooks Vol.1Release date: 2009-12-28; DVD
Best price: $16.99
The Actors: Rare Films Of Louise Brooks Vol.2Release date: 2009-12-28; DVD
Best price: $16.99
The Actors: Rare Films Of Louise Brooks Vol.3Release date: 2009-12-28; DVD
Best price: $16.99
Lulu In Hollywood: Expanded Editionby Louise Brooks
Univ Of Minnesota Press; Published: 2000-07-10; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.62
Price in other shops:
Diary of a Lost GirlKino International; Release date: 2001-11-13; DVD
Best price: $16.48
Price in other shops:
Pandora's Box (The Criterion Collection)Image Entertainment; Release date: 2006-11-28; DVD
Best price: $26.99
Price in other shops: