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Features

Past Imperfect: Luis Buñuel’s Early Work

Sometimes, filmmaking genius is evident in every movie a cinematic master makes. In the case of this famed Spanish surrealist and his two early efforts, the future achievements are well hidden. [24 October 2007]

Reviews

Simon of the Desert

This has the confounding, irrational quality of a Zen riddle or Christian parable -- its comic and secular, to be sure, but revelatory nonetheless. [17 March 2009]

The Exterminating Angel

The point in Buñuel is that there is no point -- only subversive play. [27 February 2009]

The Milky Way

In this surrealist masterpiece, Luis Buñuel poses important questions about religious beliefs and organized religion. [18 September 2007]

Un Chien Andalou (1929)

Made in 1929, Un Chien Andalou is based on the exchange of 'dreams' between two young Spanish artists. [10 January 2005]