When a young woman makes a fatal decision destiny unfolds. Taking the viewer from a dysfunctional household to a brothel, a reformatory, a beach and back to the reformatory once again one is witness to the harsh realities of life German Expressionist style. Moving at a consistently watchable pace in emotive black and white theatrical acting gives way to the enduring image and legacy that is Louise Brooks. With her trademark bobbed hair, attractive distinct features she defined an era as she aestheticized it. While not a great actress she steals every scene she's in highlighting her presence which made her image one of the icons of an age. It's one of cinema history's puzzling injustices that she never attained the stardom she deserved. One of silent film's most notable artifacts and one of the Weimar era's lasting legacies this is one film silent fans and film lovers will appreciate.
Review of Diary of a Lost Girl
