I just wanted to bump something to let people know that on May 5th, TCM is running the following (all times Eastern):
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7:00 PM -- Los Olvidados (1950) 80m.
8:45 PM -- Nazarin (1959) A priest leaves the clergy to go on a pilgrimage and learn about life. Francisco Rabal, Marga Lopez, Rita Macedo. D: Luis Bunuel. 94m.
10:30 PM -- Viridiana (1961) When she inherits a fortune, a young nun tries to help the poor. Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey. D: Luis Bunuel. 93m. LBX
12:15 AM -- The Exterminating Angel (1962) High society guests find themselves unable to leave the dining room after a posh dinner party. Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere, Jose Baviera. D: Luis Bunuel. 92m.
2:00 AM -- Simon of the Desert (1965) A religious sage fights temptation from Satan himself. Claudio Brooks, Silvia Pinal, Hortensia Santovena. D: Luis Bunuel. 45m.
I'm so excited I don't have to try and translate the Exterminating Angel torrent I have on my computer.
― Eric von H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)
5:30 PM -- Run Of The Arrow (1957) A bitter Confederate veteran joins a Sioux tribe to keep his war against the Union going. Rod Steiger, Sarita Montiel, Brian Keith. D: Samuel Fuller. C 86m. LBX
― Eric von H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 19:48 (twenty years ago)
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)
― Failin Huxley (noodle vague), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 19:54 (twenty years ago)
when I saw "Viridiana," Sylvia Pinal was at the screening. So awesome.
― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)
― Ian Riese-Moraine. To Hell with you and your gradual evolution! (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)
― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)
― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)
― European Samuel Glickstein (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:45 (twenty years ago)
― milton parker (Jon L), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:53 (twenty years ago)
― European Samuel Glickstein (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)
― Ian Riese-Moraine. To Hell with you and your gradual evolution! (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 21:31 (twenty years ago)
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 00:15 (twenty years ago)
― Ian Riese-Moraine. To Hell with you and your gradual evolution! (Eastern Mantra), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 00:16 (twenty years ago)
I'm gonna watch El tonight.
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 00:17 (twenty years ago)
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 00:23 (twenty years ago)
― Allyzay Subservient 50s-Type (allyzay), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 01:20 (twenty years ago)
― Eric von H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 02:09 (twenty years ago)
― Eric von H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 02:11 (twenty years ago)
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 04:49 (twenty years ago)
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 04:52 (twenty years ago)
― The Yellow Kid, Wednesday, 20 April 2005 04:56 (twenty years ago)
― kacka thompson (kacka), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 04:56 (twenty years ago)
― Eric von H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 15:14 (twenty years ago)
Belle de jour has that great, defining moment when Deneuve looks through the hole in the wall at debauchery, scoffs "disgusting" and then, after a few moments of looking at the brothel madame to make sure her indignation registered, goes back for a second look.That did happen, yes.
― Ian Riese-Moraine. To Hell with you and your gradual evolution! (Eastern Mantra), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 15:19 (twenty years ago)
Stenc, I finally got the TW digital pckg (with IFC/Sund/TCM/BBCA) in January, and it's about $5 more a month than what it sounds like you have.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 15:28 (twenty years ago)
i guess tristana, exterminating angel, simon of the desert, and el are my favorites.
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 15:35 (twenty years ago)
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)
fuck he made a lot of good movies, as many as anyone, nearly
(at which i'll probably be the only one. oh well!)
― joseph (joseph), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 16:20 (twenty years ago)
Whew. It's a relief to know that one of my favorite moments in any film ever wasn't just a figment of my poor recall.
Yeah, the only minor Buñuel I've seen is Mexican Bus Ride, and even that had a lot of great stuff in it.
― Eric von H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 17:37 (twenty years ago)
The Phantom of Liberty The Exterminating AngelEl (This Strange Passion)That Obscure Object of DesireThe Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Absolutely just as good:
The Milky WayBelle de jourSimon of the Desert Los OlvidadosThe Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la CruzViridiana (the back story on the film's production helped me enjoy the blasphemy)Mexican Bus Ride (slow, with occasional explosions)Land Without BreadL'age d'orUn chien andalou
never seen one I didn't like
― milton parker (Jon L), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 17:49 (twenty years ago)
I think the first time I posted on ILE was some Hitchcock thread where I ran afoul of both Doctor Morbius and Amateurist, the latter when I tried to say Hitchock and Buñuel both had long productive careers spanning from the silent era to the 60s.
― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 17:55 (twenty years ago)
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)
― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 18:01 (twenty years ago)
Illusion Travels By Streetcar I should see again. I've never seen Death in the Garden, he dismisses many of the films from the mexican studio years as just work for hire / feeding the kids but I think he went out of his way to call that one bad.
I love his autobiography 'My Last Sigh' so much. You don't need to have seen the films, but if you do like the films, it's actually just as moving, especially the wind down at the end.
― milton parker (Jon L), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 18:11 (twenty years ago)
― peter smith (plsmith), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)
― milton parker (Jon L), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 18:16 (twenty years ago)
― nickn (nickn), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)
Bunuel is my hero. I love the man.
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Thursday, 21 April 2005 01:58 (twenty years ago)
― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:35 (twenty years ago)
fuckin' a, if anyone needs a place in brooklyn, btw.
― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 21 April 2005 23:58 (twenty years ago)
― joseph (joseph), Friday, 6 May 2005 00:40 (twenty years ago)
― Ruud Comes to Haarvest (Ken L), Friday, 20 October 2006 18:32 (eighteen years ago)
I saw Discreet Charm for the 10th time recently – surely the most deserving winner of the Best Foreign Film Oscar of the last 40 years?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 20 October 2006 18:35 (eighteen years ago)
No Ken -- they seem to rerelease Discreet Charm every 4 years now. And do YOU want to see Skidoo tnite? I couldn't decode yr email!
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 October 2006 18:44 (eighteen years ago)
― Ruud Comes to Haarvest (Ken L), Friday, 20 October 2006 18:48 (eighteen years ago)
(I think it's Tristana I really like; must check that again)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 October 2006 18:52 (eighteen years ago)
Is Tristana available on DVD?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 20 October 2006 18:55 (eighteen years ago)
There's an imposing essay in that recent American critics' anthology that accuses Kael of utterly misunderstanding Bunuel, but I can't recall who wrote it.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 October 2006 19:09 (eighteen years ago)
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 20 October 2006 19:19 (eighteen years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 October 2006 19:24 (eighteen years ago)
― Sock Puppet, Friday, 2 March 2007 21:50 (eighteen years ago)
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 2 March 2007 22:00 (eighteen years ago)
― Sock Puppet, Friday, 2 March 2007 22:08 (eighteen years ago)
― kenan, Friday, 2 March 2007 22:20 (eighteen years ago)
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 2 March 2007 22:43 (eighteen years ago)
― Sock Puppet, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:12 (eighteen years ago)
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 11 March 2007 22:53 (eighteen years ago)
― Abbott, Sunday, 11 March 2007 23:02 (eighteen years ago)
― Capitaine Jay Vee, Sunday, 11 March 2007 23:53 (eighteen years ago)
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 12 March 2007 00:47 (eighteen years ago)
Just a reminder that The Exterminating Angel will be on TCM Imports this Sunday/Monday
― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 22 June 2007 20:09 (seventeen years ago)
Great poster I saw in mag the other day:
http://www.kinoart.net/layout/data/1733.jpg
― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 22 June 2007 20:52 (seventeen years ago)
that is an amazing poster. that one's definitely worth seeing
this one's the 50's must-see madhouse though, the ending really topples over into madness
http://www.postermandan.com/images/elLC2.jpg
― Milton Parker, Friday, 22 June 2007 21:22 (seventeen years ago)
I don't think he ever depicted the whole 'fear of women at the heart of violence' thing better than in that film, that one cuts closest
& curses, it's not on DVD
― Milton Parker, Friday, 22 June 2007 21:29 (seventeen years ago)
Caught Simon of The Desert the other night on TCM. Silvia Pinal=best cinematic Satan evah?
― C. Grisso/McCain, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 00:09 (seventeen years ago)
As Kael said, she's much more amusing as Satan than as the virtuous star of Viridiana, where she looked like she couldn't bear the weight of the smutty designs thrust on her.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 00:24 (seventeen years ago)
Ahhh. She's only in Simon for a little bit so , for me, the dwarf steals the show. Still, she's hot as a nun (and ex-nun).
― Capitaine Jay Vee, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 02:56 (seventeen years ago)
She's a handsome devil. I find the ending really poignant, for some unknown reason. It's to do with the beauty of the mundane, I think, or sex over sterile fanaticism.
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 08:34 (seventeen years ago)
at least pinal is still alive, aside from every queen's favorite kael.
― hstencil, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 08:38 (seventeen years ago)
cheap shot i know, but seriously alfie reads like he never even saw the movie.
which puts him squarely in the kael tradition, i guess.
― hstencil, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 08:53 (seventeen years ago)
Um, I'm trying to say that she was dull playing the virtuous heroine. What's vague about that?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 11:05 (seventeen years ago)
Susana to be released on DVD by Facets in October
― C. Grisso/McCain, Monday, 23 July 2007 17:14 (seventeen years ago)
The vaults in Mexico must have got blown open, because Women Without Love is also coming soon, as is Gran Casino as part of a 2-disc with The Young One.
Meanwhile, one of the fanboys on the Criterion forum wrote the company and they dropped him some hints about a "Bunuel in Mexico" collection that's in the works. Ext. Angel, Simon and some other stuff are rumored. I think the rights to Los Olvidados currently tied up in court.
― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 27 July 2007 02:02 (seventeen years ago)
Haha, just got out my copy of My Last Sigh: Bunuel said WWL was easily his worst film. He doesn't mention the GC, unless it's under another name.
― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 27 July 2007 02:10 (seventeen years ago)
Facets also drops El Bruto in October
― C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 17 August 2007 16:15 (seventeen years ago)
I love Bunuel. I feel warm fuzzies inside about Bunuel.
― Bimble, Sunday, 19 August 2007 23:52 (seventeen years ago)
Hey, Robinson Crusoe got a Region 2 release when I wasn't looking! Roll on pay day.
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 20 August 2007 06:42 (seventeen years ago)
Got me a movie ah ho ho ho But I am un chien andalusia I am un chien andalusia
Gonna grow up to be a Debaser
― Bimble, Wednesday, 29 August 2007 05:15 (seventeen years ago)
no.
― hstencil, Wednesday, 29 August 2007 05:29 (seventeen years ago)
Wow, didn't know that Katy Jurado was in El Bruto, which is now out on DVD. Susana has been bumped to the end of this month.
― C. Grisso/McCain, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 20:29 (seventeen years ago)
Susana now out.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 17:01 (seventeen years ago)
I've just got Robinson Crusoe, haven't had a chance to watch it yet.
― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 17:02 (seventeen years ago)
Two more from Mexico coming to DVD
― C. Grisso/McCain, Monday, 14 July 2008 00:47 (sixteen years ago)
Nazarin's been out for a while over here.
Robinson Crusoe is good, it's got some nice scenes - especially the fever-dream sequence - and pretty location shots. Luis did a good job of sending up Defoe's religious proselytizing whilst staying faithful to the story.
Can somebody pull their finger out and get Simon del Desierto on DVD soon please?
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 14 July 2008 01:01 (sixteen years ago)
at the amsterdam film museum last month they had a really great exhibition dedicated to los olvidados; tons of press from the movie's original release, excerpts from drafts of the screenplay, publicity photos, the movie itself running on a loop, etc.
it also really cannot be stated enough how wonderful his memoir is, i was recommending it to everyone i knew before i even finished reading it
― impudent harlot, Monday, 14 July 2008 02:33 (sixteen years ago)
Fucking Louis Bunuel.
That Obscure Object of Desire.
That's one of my fave movies ever. Peace and love.
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Monday, 14 July 2008 02:36 (sixteen years ago)
xpost
By his memoir do you mean My Last Sigh?
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 14 July 2008 07:58 (sixteen years ago)
i just finished my last sigh!
amazing book!
― s1ocki, Monday, 14 July 2008 08:40 (sixteen years ago)
Need to read it.
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 14 July 2008 09:38 (sixteen years ago)
you really do... sucha delight.
― s1ocki, Monday, 14 July 2008 15:46 (sixteen years ago)
I own Nazarin on videocassette!
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 14 July 2008 15:49 (sixteen years ago)