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Weekly Response #10
Luis Buñuel’s Viridiana is a film steeped in the themes and values of its director’s Catholic upbringing. As a piece from his mid to late career, Viridiana is well equipped to tackle the more scathing criticisms of the church and its establishment that Buñuel had been developing throughout this point in his life. Central to […]
Weekly Response 8
Exterminating Angel (1962) is one of Buñuel’s most famous films, and for good reason. The breaking down of high society and commentary on stuffy rules of decorum are themes found throughout most of Buñuel’s work, especially his surrealist works, but none capture the pure animalistic nature of humans backed into a corner like this film. […]
Weekly Response 5
Our visit to the Hispanic Society of America was an amazing look into the art and artists produced from such a place and time, as well as the kinds of subjects that they chose to portray. When looking at the pieces commissioned by the founder to the painter Sorolla, I saw a lot of similarity […]
Weekly Response #4
Robinson Crusoe (1954) and The Young One (1960) are unusual films in Bunuel’s oeuvre, since they lack many of the usual surrealist undertones from many of his other works. These two films are visually similar to the other Hollywood films of the era, which could speak to the overall “look” of films of this time. […]
Weekly Response 2
When reading the reviews and critic commentaries about Un Chien Andalou, I found it very interesting that many viewers found that Buñuel’s films simultaneously invite interpretation and actively resist it. It was a very succinct description of the way that I felt after watching the film and it resonated with me even more so after […]
Weekly Response 1
I really enjoyed reading the reviews that Buñuel wrote and his perspective on the comic genre and its place in film. Since it seems that many modern directors view the critic as an antagonist to the artist, it’s interesting to see that Buñuel, like many of his French New Wave contemporaries, valued the role of […]
