Send your movie questions to FlickChickI love talking about movies but Ive never been able to organize movie-night get-togethers So this is the next best thing On Tuesdays Im going to spotlight a DVD and suggest some virtual-discussion startersSilent movies can be a hard sell especially if youre talking to someone whos been burned by one of the clunkier survivors of the era But I promise you Louise Brooks is so mesmerizing that five minutes into Pandoras Box 1929 you wont even notice the absence of sound Not for nothing did Cinmath232que Francaise founder Henri Langlois declare in 1955 years after Brooks criminally short career was over and her films forgotten by everyone but a handful of intrepid cineastes There is no Garbo There is no Dietrich There is only Louise Brooks Shes so modern so subtle so ferally sexy that its hard to believe shes a product of the same period as It girl Clara Bow and Latin lover Rudolph Valentino Not to disparage
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