Things to Watch For in Pandora's Box

Here are some things to watch for in your second viewing of Pandora's Box:

• Note the figurines on the mantle in the opening scene and how each is associated with a different man in Lulu's life.
  
• Note how Lulu is the object of everyone's gaze, including ours, throughout the film, and how she is frequently filmed in a soft focus close-up.
  
• Note how Lulu and the apartment Dr. Schön provides for her are both modern in style while Dr. Schön's home and fiance are classical in style.
  
• Note the formally posed photo of the fiance vs. the informal sketch of Lulu.
  
• Note Countess Geschwitz's obvious attraction to Lulu and her mannish attire when we first see her.
  
• Note how Lulu's image is passed between Dr. Schön and his son (and one might argue it is passed from Countess Geschwitz as well).
  
• Note how a passing piece of the set separates Dr. Schön from his fiance just before she sees Lulu's bare back.
  
• Note the painting of Lulu in the opening scene and other art work throughout the film.
  
• Note how Alwa is portrayed as a little boy with his head in Lulu's lap.
  
• Note the various types of exchange throughout the film, including cash, blackmail, and gifts.
  
• Note how Jack the Ripper is filmed in the same sort of soft focus close-up as Lulu.
  
• Note how we lose sight of Lulu's image (save for her hand, which drops out of frame) when she is killed.
  
• Note how Jack the Ripper and Alwa both disappear into the darkness at the end of the film like moviegoers leaving a theatre at night.