Offers so much food for thought that its easy to overlook what a remarkable highwire act it represents, formally. The exterminating angel 1962 directed by luis bunuel. The exterminating angel is an absolutely unique, profound, funny, moving, cruel, beautiful, harsh, contradictory, breathtaking opera by one of the finest composers alive. Una situacion como esta no puede durar indefinidamente. A group of upper class, shallow people discover they cannot leave a house and selfdestruct as the hours pass. The guests, having so thoroughly arrived, are incapable of leaving. The exterminating angel 1962 the criterion collection. Sharply satirical and allegorical, the film contains a view of the aristocracy suggesting they harbor savage instincts and unspeakable secrets. Never had i been exposed to such a wonderful blend of realistic drama imbued with a slight but perceptible undercurrent of surrealistic imagery, propelled relentlessly forward by absurdist logic.
Take a group of prosperous dinner guests and pen them up long enough, he suggests, and theyll turn on one another like rats in an overpopulation study. They ascend the stairs and walk through the wide doorway, and then they arrive againthe same guests, seen from a higher camera angle. Not only does this story undermine our confidence in our social institutions but it challenges our powers of cognition and perception, which are shown to be easily distorted by. Pelicula dirigida por luis bunuel con silvia pinal, enrique rambal, jacqueline andere y jose baviera. An analysis of luis bunuels the exterminating angel wael khairy film analysis february 15, 2010 march 11, 2010 7 minutes whenever people utter the word movie, the first thing that pops into the listeners mind is a narrative fictional movie, be it horror, thriller, crime, romance, comedy, or so on. Cantada en ingles, con subtitulos met en ingles, aleman y espanol. Feb 09, 2009 the exterminating angel was another story, however, a more personal work, coming at a key point in bunuels career, right before his final return to paris and immediately following the scandalous reception of viridiana 1961, his first film made in spain although a spanishmexican coproduction since he had gone into exile. Luis bunuels the exterminating angel 1962 is a macabre comedy, a mordant view of human nature that suggests we harbor savage instincts and unspeakable secrets. With silvia pinal, jacqueline andere, enrique rambal, jose baviera. The guests at an upperclass dinner party find themselves unable to leave. With cayetana guillen cuervo, jose luis borau, juan luis bunuel, javier espada.
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