1929's greatest: pandora's box

louise brooks is the quintessential american girl in europe wreaking havoc on aristocrats and their children. she wants to be a star but settles on being a whore. and perhaps a murderess. the bob says it all: don't fuck with me. then again, never trust a guy with flowers in his pocket who says he knows a place that's "hospitable and discreet." lots of gambling, dangly pearls, ne'er-do-wells with wild fetishes. everyone loves everyone. the best line: "money...everyone wants money." makes me want to chainsmoke and do the charleston. decadence, personified. the most glamorous mood piece.