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...Milos Forman's film (which he co-wrote with Jean-Claude Carriere, the great French screenwriter, perhaps most famous for his collaborations with Luis Bunuel) Goya's escapist politics is another sign of his modernism. The great artists of the 20th Century sympathized with "progressive" causes, but rarely played a heroic role in them. But the entire film is less an exercise in historicism (though the portrait of the painter is accurate enough, as is the depiction of historical events, the story is pure fiction) than it is an elaborate analogy with our own times. This is quite understandable - Forman...
Written shortly before the great cinematographer’s death in 1983, this autobiography fulfils the goals that Bunuel sets out in its first chapter: “The portrait I offer will represent me, with my conclusions, doubts, repetitions, truths, and lies. In one word—my memory...
...Last Sigh By Luis Bunuel University of Minnesota Press...
...book focuses on the little things about great people. Bunuel dwells on his opinions of cigars and alcoholic drinks rather than on his success as a filmmaker; similarly, he emphasizes the humorous and awkward sides of his famed friends, and not their artistic accomplishments. When he mentions their success, it’s usually jokingly...
...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...