Tabu DVD

Black & White; Standard Screen; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; Director's Comments

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Product Information

Category	Documentary DVDs, Dramas Movies, Vintage Videos, Love Story, Silent Cinema, Tear Jerker, High Seas

Director	Robert J. Flaherty
Composer	Frederic Chopin, Bedrich Smetana, Hugo Riesenfeld
Director	F.W. Murnau
Director of Photography	Floyd Crosby
Editor	Arthur A. Brooks
Featured	Anna Chevalier, Matahi
Writer	Edgar G. Ulmer, F.W. Murnau, Robert J. Flaherty

Product Description

Filmed entirely in Tahiti, "Tabu" represents an unusual collaboration between legendary directors F.W. Murnau (Nosferatu, Sunrise) and Robert Flaherty (Nanook of the North). Two lovers are doomed by a tribal edict decreeing that the girl is "tabu" to all men. While the lovers' flight from judgment and the ultimate power of the tabu are reminiscent of Murnau's expressionist films, "Tabu" is all open air and sunlight, sparkling on the ocean and glistening on the beautiful young bodies of the native men and women.

Filmed in Tahiti, the story of a fisherman who falls in love with a beguiling woman who has been forbidden to men. German Expressionist director F.W. Murnau's last film is one of the most gorgeous black & white films ever made. Pioneering documentarian Robert Flaherty (NANOOK OF THE NORTH) co-directed the film, which won the Academy Award for "Best Cinematography."

TABU was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1994.

Tabu Reviews:

5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] sensual cine-hymn to sexuality's struggle against patriarchy... "-- Kevin Harley, Total Film

4 stars out of 5 -- "Flaherty's instinct for the native way of life fuses with Murnau's dramatic sense of storytelling and eye for a striking composition." -- Alan Morrison, Empire

"... Exquisite photography... " -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars
-- Mike Clark, USA Today.

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Product Details

Studio	Image Entertainment
Orig Year	1931
CD Universe Part number	4939122
Discs	1
Release Date	Sep 03, 2002
Rating	Not Rated
Also Known As	Tabu: A Story of the South Seas; Age of Exploration, The - Tabu - A Story of the South Seas
Running Time	84 Minutes
Additional Info	Black & White; Standard Screen; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; Director's Comments
Movie Details	B&W; Mono Sound; Digital Sound; Black & White; Standard Screen; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; Director's Comments

DVD Features

DVD Features: Region 1 Keep Case Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: Dolby Digital Mono - English Additional Release Material: Outtakes Shorts: AN ESSAY ABOUT RERI Audio Commentary: Janet Bergstrom - UCLA Film Professor Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer Text/Photo Galleries: Stills/Photos