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Week 7 — Xavier Borrero
In this past week’s class we discussed the framework for many characters in Buñuel’s Mexicanfilms, and viewed The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz. Buñuel made 20 films in Mexico, whichoftentimes focused on melodramas, with characters being the bad woman (mala mujer), the lady and themacho. Alongside the maternal “saint” figure, independent women would […]
Weekly Respone #7
Buñuel has been ceasing to amaze me at his convoluted relationship with women, sexuality, and his affection for his off-beat protagonists. In Luis Buñuel’s 1955 film, The Criminal Life of Archibaldo De La Cruz, we see Buñuel doing what he does best; formulate a not so subtle commentary on how men and women are seen […]
Week 7 Response
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955) is one of the more absurd and strange film’s of Buñuel’s I’ve seen so far. It tells the story of Archibaldo, a wealthy man who fancies himself a murderer. As a child, he witnesses his governess be killed while a music box plays that was gifted […]
Weekly Response #7, Dylan Stucko
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz, despite the undeniably dark subject matter, could almost pass for an absurd comedy. Our protagonist, the titular Archibaldo, has wanted for nothing his entire life. Born into wealth and whatever material possessions he could possibly want, the film opens with a young Archibaldo living in a lavish […]
Weekly Response 10.16.25 – Alinne de la Torre
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz is one of my favorite films we’ve seen so far. Its tone and many of its ideas and themes remind me of Hitchcock’s work, especially Rope or Psycho. In My Last Breath, Buñuel says paranoics, like poets, are born, not made. Archibaldo, Pedro from The Brute, and […]
Weekly Response #7- Maribel Gomez
In Luis Buñuel’s 1955 melodrama, The Criminal Life of Archibaldo De La Cruz (Ensayo De Un Crimen), begins with a wealthy man, Archibaldo de la Cruz, recalling his childhood during the Revolution as he was raised in a prosperous family. He was a mischievous little boy who was mainly taken care of by his governess. […]
