Luis Buñuel

So, what’s your take—are we really supposed to say nothing but glowing praise about Buñuel?

Samuel Murphy8 said:So, what’s your take—are we really supposed to say nothing but glowing praise about Buñuel?

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That should've been the next line... 😁

Btw, I watched Beauty and the Beast and the discrete charm of the bourgeoisie today. The latter was way more interesting to me, probably thanks to that amazing performance by Stephanie Audran.
Basically, nothing but love for Buñuel... 😉

I actually caught it a few days ago—which is why the lyrics are stuck in my head. 😁

A total plagiarist, a mere compiler, someone who straight-up ripped off Eisenstein—the absolute culprit behind the avant-garde crisis.

Jerry Martinez50 said:A total plagiarist, a mere compiler, someone who straight-up ripped off Eisenstein—the absolute culprit behind the avant-garde crisis.

Wherever Goran Marković goes, Jerry Martinez50 is right there with him. 👍
The best part is when he talks about getting asked the exact same question twice, like, "come on, I'm not an idiot, I won't just repeat everything from last time."🤣

Oh, absolutely... I agree, that part is easily my favorite too... 😁

You really shouldn't have let that slip! Someone might actually fall for it, haha...

Oh, please. 😁
Or more accurately: "Why don't you guys just turn the volume down already?"

In my book, Buñuel’s absolute best work has to be The Golden Age, Las Hurdes, Forgotten (Los Olvidados), and the discrete charm of the bourgeoisie.

And as for that whole plagiarism debate? Please. Everyone was lifting ideas from Eisenstein back then. As for claiming Buñuel actually caused some kind of "surrealism crisis"—where exactly was he during this supposed crisis? Total nonsense.

Samuel Murphy8 said:Oh, please. 😁
Or more accurately: "Why don't you guys just turn the volume down already?"

While Pink Floyd sits there watching how to land that French kiss for Shadows, Mickey's busy finishing up on Eisenstein... 😁

Peter Ruiz2 said:In my book, Buñuel’s absolute best work has to be The Golden Age, Las Hurdes, Forgotten (Los Olvidados), and the discrete charm of the bourgeoisie.

And as for that whole plagiarism debate? Please. Everyone was lifting ideas from Eisenstein back then. As for claiming Buñuel actually caused some kind of "surrealism crisis"—where exactly was he during this supposed crisis? Total nonsense.

That’s exactly why he failed that exam... twice, actually, all because of those takes on Buñuel. You could say the professors were pretty avant-garde, basically agreeing with you... Just a little detour to spice things up for the fans of that Spanish director, maybe even bringing up something like Goran Marković's "National Class." Hope the Buñuel devotees don't get too heated about this, especially the mods over on the film subforum... 😉

That was back when people were getting kicked out of NYU just for being clueless.

I guess his films from the 50s, 60s, and even his 70s aren't quite my favorites, even if those are definitely his most famous works.

Samuel Scott54 said:I guess his films from the 50s, 60s, and even his 70s aren't quite my favorites, even if those are definitely his most famous works.

I can get behind that. It feels wrong how people gloss over his work from when he was living in exile in Mexico. Honestly, though, he put out a few things during that stretch that just don't fit his usual vibe—looking at his whole body of work, I mean. He did Forgotten (Los Olvidados) and Angel of Destruction, which, personally, I’d put right up there with his absolute best. At the end of the day, you have to admit: compared to the other heavy hitters, the quality of his films stayed top-tier right until his very last one.

I honestly can't wrap my head around his later films. I’ve sat through two or three of them, but they just don't click for me...

That’s easily my favorite thing he’s ever done. He just mocks everything... the irony and the metaphors are so heavy. I bet someone over at the CIA wrote a whole report on how surrealists love to mess with your head, and you can totally see that playing out in his recent movies 😁