Welcome to the Luis Buñuel Blogathon

Few filmmakers have held my attention, respect and admiration for as long or as deeply as Luis Buñuel. For years I’ve thought of him as my ‘favorite’ director, mostly due to a personal connection I feel with his attitudes, humor and outlook. A surrealist, a wandering spirit, a cynic, a recovering Catholic…Buñuel used the cinema to explore these areas and took special delight in society’s inexorable draw to the seven deadly sins—especially pride, lust and greed. Among the very few masters capable of channeling elevated social and cultural criticisms into popular cinema, he took aim at the whole of humanity, recognizing the folly of our desires.

    Below this post you’ll find my review of the new DVD set of Gran Casino and The Young One, followed by some interesting photographs and a gallery of posters for his films. Directly below are links to participating blogs and websites, and I’d like to thank their authors for joining in to make this tribute to Don Luis a success.


Buñuelathon ‘07:

Boone, Steve: Susana at Vinyl is Heavy

Carlson, Steve: Susana at The Ongoing Cinematic Education of Steven Carlson

Chapman, Schuyler: Robinson Crusoe at The Life and Times of Charles Kinbote

Cruz, Francis: El (This Strange Passion) at Oggs’ Movie Thoughts

Darr, Brian: Abismos de pasión at Hell on Frisco Bay

D’Augustine, Joe: posting at Film Forno
    A review of Tristana
    A review of That Obscure Object of Desire
    Collecting Buñuel memorabilia
    Goodbye Buñuel, His Hollywood Home

Davis, Robert: Luis Buñuel’s Dry Martini Recipe at Errata

Dienstfrey, Eric: Buñuel and Eros at Filmbo’s Chick Magnet

Divers and Sundry: Assorted films to watch

Emerson, Jim: Unable to write a new piece for the Buñuelathon, he offers these articles instead:
    'Birth' of a Buñuelian Notion
    The Buñuel martini
    The Discreet Charm of the Buñuel Martini
    Lust and Death

Ferdinand, Marilyn: The Young One at Ferdy on Films

Flickhead:
    Reviews of Gran Casino and The Young One
    Buñuel: Up the Academy
    Buñuel Poster Gallery
    The Persistence of Memory
    Buñuel Books & DVDs

Fournier, Pierre: exploring Buñuel’s friend and collaborator Jean-Claude Carrière at Frankensteinia
    Carrière’s Frankenstein
    Carrière’s The Step of Frankenstein

Filomeno2006: Assorted images at Flickr
    Buñuel drum marching in Calanda
    Sylvia Pinal
    Fernando Rey
    Paco Rabal

Gibson, Richard: Assorted images at his blog
    Buñuel portrait (click image to enlarge)
    Buñuel on location for Las Hurdes
    Poster (click image to enlarge)

Guillen, Michael: My Last Sigh at The Evening Class

Hedwig: Belle de Jour at As Cool as a Fruitstand

If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There’d be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats: assorted images
    Susana
    Las Hurdes
    Buñuel and Angel Orensanz
    Buñuel and Catherine Deneuve
    Buñuel and Billy Wilder
    Los Olvidados
    On location for Belle de Jour

Jahsonic: Un Chien andalou at The Art and Popular Culture Wiki

Jourdan, Vincent: posts at Inisfree
    Buñuel trailers
    Souvenirs de Luis Buñuel (en Français)

Kee, Kevin: Viridiana: Buñuel’s Masterpiece Nearly Destroyed at Things to Quicken the Heart

Lapper, Jonathan: posts at Cinema Styles
    Man, I am Never Going to Get to See This Movie!
    Cinema Still Life: L’age d’or

Lepastier, Joachim: Eclater ses yeux et ses oreilles at 365 Jours ouvrables (en Français)

Lindbergs, Kimberly: posts at Cinebeats
    What’s in the Box?
    Ode to Marcel
    The Fine Art of Fashion: Yves Saint Laurent

Lucas, Tim: The Women of Buñuel at Video WatchBlog

Matwychuk, Paul: The Laws Have Changed at the Moviegoer

Maubreuil, Ludovic: Buñuel en cet age sombre at Cinématique (en Français)

Monell, Robert: Abismos de pasión at I’m in a Jess Franco State of Mind

Nellhaus, Peter: Gran Casino at Coffee, Coffee and More Coffee

Osborn, Mark: Gran Casino at Tractor Facts

RC: Viridiana at Strange Culture

Rob: Buñuel’s Art of the Cocktail at Cosmic Mai Tai Noir

Seacroft, Sheila: Charmed I’m Sure: A Regal Memoir at Jigsaw Lounge

Valluri, Gautam: Un Chien andalou at Broken Projector

Westal, Bob: The Buñuel Hangover at Forward to Yesterday

Young, Neil: Strangers on the Shore—Luis Buñuel's The Exterminating Angel at Jigsaw Lounge


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