Word: bunuelã
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...touches upon everything from art to politics. Bunuel mentions how figures like Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, and Charlie Chaplin dressed, drank, and behaved at orgies. The charm of “My Last Sigh” comes from the fiction, as well as the credibility and renown of Bunuel??s friends and foes...
...book is a surprisingly easy read—Bunuel??s writing style is very different from his far murkier cinematic directing. He still finds clever ways to incorporate into his prose dream images, symbols, and allegorical elements that are meant to shock, with surrealist intention. However, Bunuel the writer cannot as easily confuse the audience by abruptly cutting scenes...
...also does not shy away from jumping to conclusions, making daring statements, and passing blunt judgments, which make this book refreshing and interesting. The chapter “Pros and Cons” is the perfect illustration of the clear line in Bunuel??s mind between “good and bad, right and wrong, beautiful and ugly...
...culture francaise, de 1896 à nos jours,” places French cinematic masterworks in their cultural and historical context. The to-die-for syllabus includes Jean Renoir’s brilliant and hilarious class comedy “The Rules of the Game,” Bunuel??s surrealist shorts, Godard’s flawless “Breathless,” and Truffaut’s classic “The 400 Blows.” We hear the class is relatively painless, though it is taught in French. Parlez-vous anglais...
| 1 |