Tabu
Directed by F.W. Murnau, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Anna Chevalier, Matahi.

This 1931 film’s been out of circulation for a very long time but that’s not to say it’s for lack of interest. A mismatched collaboration of the equally legendary F.W. Murnau and Robert Flaherty, Tabu is a South Seas idyll. It’s now back in release in newly restored and re-edited prints. See related story in 7/26/91 issue.

This article appears in July 26 • 1991 (Cover).

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.