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Weekly Response Six
Los Olvidados is a strikingly brutal portrayal by Buñuel of street urchin life in Mexico. Its opening sequence made it particularly daunting in that it depicts the skylines of major Western cities, highlighting that the problem is present across the entirety of the world and not just localized. The film brilliantly focuses on crime in […]
Los Olvidados (The Young and the Damned, 1950) Dir. Luis Buñuel: The Nuances of Impoverished Youth and Criminality
By Mariah Smith Jones After viewing Luis Buñuel’s Los Olvidados, I found the film to be an unfiltered depiction of the realities many impoverished youth face. The film effectively displayed how poverty can disassemble family structures and encourage criminality amongst those it affects, furthering systems of unreform. Los Olvidados is a Mexican film that centers […]
Weekly Response #6- Maribel Gomez
In week 6, the class watched and examined a short sequence of Susana (Susana, Carne y Demonio, 1951) and Mexican Bus Ride (La Ilusión Viaja En Tranvía, 1954). Both films portray the male character’s traits of machismo, and the female character rebels against his authority in her own way. In La Ilusión Viaja En Tranvía, […]
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 […]
Week 6 – Waverly Takayama
Last week we watched “Los Olvidados“, a film that follows the lives of the fictional but very real-life based young characters. I think it is most important to point out that aspect of the film because Bunuel once again uses his creativity and artistry to shine a light on lives that have no platform to […]
Weekly Response #6-Saree Griffin
Luis Buñuel went to Mexico in 1946 after being exiled from Spain and spending some time in the United States. While there, Buñuel used Mexico and its booming film industry to rebuild his career. In fact, of the thirty-two films Buñuel created, twenty-one were during his time in Mexico. It is in Mexico that we […]
Response 10.09.25 – Alinne de la Torre
Our visit to the Hispanic Society helped me better understand Buñuel’s way of filming Las Hurdes, as well as how he explored and investigated Mexico City while making Los Olvidados. His style in Los Olvidados feels very different from most Mexican films of the time, but I also began noticing certain similarities. Even some melodramas with musical numbers could […]
