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Luis Bunuel - seducing the unconscious

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The surrealist of Cinema

Luis Buñuel once stated: "Somewhere between chance and mystery lies imagination, the only thing that protects our freedom, despite the fact that people keep trying to reduce it or kill it off altogether".

As a young girl I exposed myself to the cinematic language of Buñuel. I was yet to become an avid follower of European cinema and Buñuel's work played a vital role in this becoming.

Buñuel also collaborated with Salvador Dalí, fellow surrealist, at the beginning of his career. Together they created unusual tales considered quite controversial at the time they premiered but are nowadays praised as true cinema classics.

L'Age d'Or - excerpt

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L'Age d'Or - the film


L'Âge d'Or is a 1930 surrealist film directed by Luis Buñuel and written by Buñuel and Salvador Dalí.

L'Âge d'Or premiered in Paris in 1930, after receiving permission from the Board of Censors to whom Buñuel had to present as a dream of a madman.

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Luis Buñuel on Chien Andalou

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Un Chien Andalou - the film



Un Chien Andalou is a sixteen minute silent surrealist film produced in France by the Spanish director Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí.

Un Chien Andalou was released in 1929 in Paris and it has become one of the best known surrealist films.

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Un Chien Andalou - trailer

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Salvador Dali

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'A paranoiac like a poet, is born, not made.'


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Luis Buñuel - Belle de jour, excerpt

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Belle de Jour - the film


Belle de Jour is an erotically charged story of deceit and desire! Catherine Deneuve stars as Severine, a perfect young housewife, who is leading a shocking double life.

Belle de Jour is widely acclaimed as a masterpiece of cinema.

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Buñuel - encore

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Luis Buñuel in the news

Carlos Reygadas Brings Surrealism to Cannes Film Festival
Mexican director Carlos Reygadas may just be the modern day Luis Buñuel. As the credits rolled on the first Cannes Film Festival screening of Mexican director Carlos Reygadas' new film, someone in the audience shouted out "Viva Buñuel!
Mexico's Reygadas brings surrealism to Cannes
May 24, 2012|Jill Lawless, AP As the credits rolled on the first Cannes Film Festival screening of Mexican director Carlos Reygadas' new film, someone in the audience shouted out ?Viva Bunuel!'' The reference to surrealist cinema icon Luis Bunuel was ...
Father, son explore Madrid's magic
Spain's Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali produced this masterpiece of European surrealism in 1929, but while I knew about the film's infamous eye-slitting scene, the music had long escaped me. It was only the opening afternoon of this father-son voyage of ...
West Reviews Luis Buñuel's Belle De Jour [Criterion Blu-ray Review]
By West Anthony On May 19, 2012 At 10:18 pm That Luis Buñuel is one crazy kooky character. With several brilliant films from the Spanish auteur already in the Criterion Collection (That Obscure Object Of Desire, The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie, ...
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