Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog) (1929)
Luis Bunuel’s first film was a radical departure from narrative film making at that time. His inspiration came during a conversation with Dali where Bunuel was discussing some of his dreams. Dali...
View ArticleL’Age d’Or
L’Age d’Or (1930) “In a world as badly made as ours there is only one road – rebellion” – Luis Bunuel Following their collaboration on Un Chien Andalou, Bunuel and Dali wrote L’Age d’Or. A 63 minute...
View ArticleLas Hurdes: tierra sin pan (1933)
“Those graceless mountains fascinated me, as did the poverty and the intelligence of their inhabitants. I was amazed at their fierce attachment to this sterile country, this ‘breadless’ earth. In fact,...
View ArticleGran Casino
Gran Casino (En el Viejo Tampico) (1947) Directed by Luis Bunuel Written by Michel Veber and Maurice Magdaleno “Ay, chihuahua” – Gran Casino After a fifteen year hiatus, Bunuel returned with this...
View ArticleEl Gran Calavera (The Great Madcap)
El Gran Calavera was Bunuel’s second film he directed in Mexico. The film was written by Janet and Luis Alcoriza based on Adolfa Torrado’s stageplay, produced by Oscar Dancigers and Fernando Soler, and...
View ArticleBunuel in Order: Los Olvidados
“But after eighteen years Bunuel seemed to have definitely disappeared from the cinema. Death had not claimed him as it had Vigo. We only knew vaguely that he had been swallowed up by the commercial...
View ArticleBunuel in Order: Susana
“But who, if he is not totally without humor, could take this story seriously? The story is so obviously pushed to the extreme of its conventions that one simply has to make fun of it.” – Andre Bazin...
View ArticleBunuel in Order: Daughter of Deceit
“Idiot, twice an idiot — for gambling and getting married” — Don Quintin Luis Bunuel’s eighth film, Daughter of Deceit (La hija del engano) (1951), is another collaboration with producer Oscar...
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