VOICE CHOICES ARCHIVES Tabu
by Jim Hoberman
Dir. F.W. Murnau & Robert Flaherty (1931).
The most subtle of German Expressionist filmmakers collaborated with the father of American documentary film on this brooding tale of love and death in a South Seas paradise. Bucking history, Tabu was shot silent—released in 1931 with Hugo Riesenfeld’s score.
Thu., May 20, 8 p.m.; Mon., May 24, 4:30 p.m., 2010