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Weekly Response #9 (Aneesa Z)
Last week’s film,Death in the Garden, contained themes of greed, survival and how that changes people, rebellion, and the issues between order/chaos. The story revolves around a group of people who are forced into the jungle after a rebellion in the small mining town which forced them to flee. At first, the film seems very […]
Week 8
In our last session, we watched the film The Exterminating Angel (1962) in which follows the characters who are unable to leave the room they had a dinner party in the evening prior. The film shows the clear descent o these characters as they are driven to madness by the prospect of being stuck and […]
Weekly Response #7
With Buñuel’s film, The Criminal Life of Archibaldo De La Cruz, I really enjoyed the speculation it created around the true intention/motivation of its main character Archibaldo. The introduction set up an interesting source of motivation for the character by giving the audience the experience of the traumatic event he endured as a child in […]
Weekly Response #6
I find it interesting that at this point in the history, Latin American cinema stood out for signature elements that reflected the time. One in particular that stood out in Los Olvidados (1952) directed by Buñuel, was this portrayal of violence which was prominent throughout the entire film. There is always the question of why […]
Weekly Response #4
Buñuel’s film The Young One (1960) contains themes that explore different aspects of American life at the time. The film has been criticized for its heavy appropriation, though it is one of Buñuel’s most looked-over, especially in regard to race, religion and sexuality. The character Traver is discriminated against and mistreated because of his race, […]
Weekly Response #3
Buñuel is no doubt a visionary who did anything he could to translate his visions to the big screen. Though he approached his 1932 film Land Without Bread through the lens of a documentarian, there are aspects of it which were strategically captured or placed which makes it interesting to further dissect and analyze. The […]
Weekly Response #2
In class we looked at a number of examples of films that utilized the association of images which contributed to their narratives. Movement became a focal point in analysis as the films we viewed experimented with the capture of movement, at first experimentally and then more artistically. It became clear that scientific film held influence […]
Weekly Response #1
Buñuel discusses what he found poetic in Langdon’s and Turpin’ work in comparison to Chaplin’s work which he said had lost originality and was ruined by intellectuals. He talks about very specific methods of bringing comedy to a film that is efficient and meaningful as opposed to just merely existing in a film. It was […]
