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Oscar Nominee – Best Original Screenplay [2] BAFTA Film Award – Best Screenplay (with Jean-Claude Carrière) BAFTA Film Award nominee – Best Direction. BAFTA Film Award nominee – Best Soundtrack (with Guy Villette) French Syndicate of Cinema Critics – Prix Méliès. Golden Globe Award nominee – Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film.
YearOriginal TitleEnglish TitleDirector1928The Fall of the House of UsherNo1930The Golden AgeYes1947Magnificent CasinoYes1949The Great MadcapYesLuis Buñuel. Writer: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. The father of cinematic Surrealism and one of the most original directors in the history of the film medium, Luis Buñuel was given a strict Jesuit education (which sowed the seeds of his obsession with both religion and subversive behavior), and subsequently moved to Madrid to study at the university there, where his close friends ...
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Luis Buñuel. Luis Buñuel Portolés (Spanish: [ˈlwis βuˈɲwel poɾtoˈles]; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish and Mexican [2][3][4][5][6][7] filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. [8] He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians, and directors to be one of the greatest and most influential ...
Ive seen *exactly* half of his films (16). The other 6 that Ive seen are: Nazarin, Milky Way, Diary Of A Chambermaid, Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie, L'Age D'or, and Las Hurdes.
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- 'Los Olvidados' (1950) Los Olvidados is arguably Buñuel's best film. The plot follows Pedro, a young boy who becomes entangled with El Jaibo, a young man recently released from prison, and his gang.
- 'The Exterminating Angel' (1962) Surrealist cinema peaked with Buñuel's 1962 Mexican masterpiece The Exterminating Angel. An ensemble including Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere, and Enrique Rambal stars in the story of a group of wealthy guests unable to leave after a lavish party.
- 'Un Chien Andalou' (1929) Un Chien Andalou is possibly the film most people will think of when thinking of Luis Buñuel. The 1929 French silent short film is a triumph of surrealism and a defining entry that helped build the genre.
- 'L'Age d'Or' (1930) When talking about the all-time great surreal comedies, those rare and disruptive efforts that have left an indelible mark on world cinema, Buñuel's L'Age d'Or has a place of honor.
19. The Young One. 1960 1h 36m. 7.4 (3.1K) Rate. A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions. Director Luis Buñuel Stars Zachary Scott Bernie Hamilton Key Meersman.
Luis Buñuel Portolés (Spanish: [ˈlwis βuˈɲwel poɾtoˈles]; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians, and directors to be one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. Buñuel's work was known for its avant-garde surrealism which was also infused ...
