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Bunuel anyone?

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Just thought I'd chime in on this interesting historic cinematic figure. Whether you look at his earliest French period or when he did film in Spain and his friendship Lorca and Dali or the Mexican period from post WWII to the early 60's to his more well known French films he did until he died he was amazing to me. No filmmaker ever did dream sequences or surrealism like he did. So does anyone here have a Bunuel favorite they want to discuss?

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Have you seen?

Belle de Jour
Nazarin
The Forgotten
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

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Las Hurdes, Viridiana, and Los Olvidados... - semuta 09:56:23 03/21/13 (4)
Las Hurdes is a documentary wherein brutal reality is more surreal than the imagination. Viridiana is in my top ten of all time for personal reasons. Bunuel is certainly in my top five directors of all time.
- The other four? nt - tinear 11:27:36 03/22/13 (3)
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  - Its always been Bunuel, Herzog, Kubrick, Hitchcock and.. - semuta 11:52:10 03/22/13 (2)
    the last fluctuates depending on my mood at times. I would say Fassbinder rounds out the tope five. Apologies to David Lynch, Antonioni, Straub, Visconti, and Welles, who would round out my top ten.
    - Nice group, but you're kind of stuck in the past. Three are dead and the fourth ain't makin' fiction anymore, - tinear 10:40:34 03/23/13 (1)
      it seems.
      - Dead but not forgotten - The Duke 06:53:17 03/24/13 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Nice group, but you're kind of stuck in the past. Three are dead and the fourth ain't makin' fiction anymore, posted by tinear on March 23, 2013 at 10:40:34
        
        Bergman, Fellini, Bunuel and Kurosawa. The golden age of post-war film makers. The late 40's into the 70's. These guys were the top of the hill. As good as directors like Scorsese, Spielberg, Coppola are: they don't begin to approach the greatness of these titans. And then there is Godard.
'Juliet of the Spirits' (Federico Fellini) was dreamlike as well - PhilJ 16:19:52 03/18/13 (0)
I liked 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'

oddly compelling
His latter, overly obvious satires were a tad tedious. Viridiana, Tristana, and The - tinear 13:49:44 03/18/13 (2)
Milky Way are wonderful. His Mexican period classic, I'd say, was Los Olvidados.
No one skewered Catholic, middle-class values better than he, and with fantastic skill, intelligence, and entertainment.
- "El" (This Strange Passion) - The Duke 09:39:32 03/19/13 (1)
  "El" (1953). Also known as "This Strange Passion" is classic Bunuel about a jealous husband gradually losing it. The scene where he goes upstairs to the bedroom with needle, thread, and a bottle of ether is chillingly bizarre/comical.
  
  "The Criminal Mind of Archibaldo de la Cruz" (1955) is again about a man obsessed with women and the desire to commit the perfect crime. Both films are first rate Bunuel with strong surrealist imagery.
  - Thanks! Mucho. nt - tinear 07:13:45 03/20/13 (0)
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