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...Several of today's most prominent filmmakers betray the influence of Buñuel. David Lynch's radically bizarre first feature, "Eraserhead," couldn't have existed without the example of Buñuel's rulebreaking Surrealist masterwork "Un Chien Andalou" (1929), directed with Salvador Dali. Pedro Almodovar's deliciously ripe melodramas contain numerous elements first found in Buñuel's Mexican work from the 1950s; in fact, key sequences from Buñuel's giddily psychotic "The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz" (1955) are incorporated into Almodovar's "Live Flesh" (1997). And former Monty Python member Terry...
...protests to the contrary, one can see the same images appear again and again in his films, from "Chien andalou" to "That Obscure Object": insects; eyes being harmed; blind men as unscrupulous predators; sheep as serene creatures, roosters and hens as evil ones; and the most famous Buñuelian motif of all, erotically charged images of feet and shoes. Though he declared he maintained an emotional distance from the majority of his "obsessions," "Objects of Desire" does contain the admission that a personal fascination did indeed lie behind the inclusion in his films of various sequences showing the bared...
...photo from this era shows Buñuel in full nun-drag - making it no surprise that early on in "Chien andalou" (after the infamous eyeball- slitting scene, featuring Buñuel himself) our hero is seen bicycling through the streets wearing nun-like apparel. Later on, as the hero attempts to sexually attack the heroine, he is required to pull ropes connected to a variety of weighty impediments - including two reclining Marist brothers (one of whom is purportedly Dali). "L'Age d'or" followed soon after, but Buñuel was not able to return to his trademark imagery...
...There is one indelible image from that rally in Prairie du Chien. I was talking about the need for a real Patients' Bill of Rights, and the crowd was really roaring. Tipper noticed a woman crying softly near the front of the crowd. Afterwards, we both went up to her and asked her what was wrong. She explained that her daughter had a prescription for a wheelchair, but her HMO wouldn't pay for it. I promised her I would fight for her, and help her stand up against the powerful interests...
...traveled the river, we met local residents who make their living on and around the Mighty Mississippi, including dockmasters, fishermen and environmentalists. Friday night, as our boat approached its last stop of the day in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, a team of talented water skiers formed a pyramid to guide us into shore. Thousands of cheering local residents - enough to fill three towns from the area - watched, and listened, and stayed late into the night to share their hopes and dreams for the future with...