Post by Capo on Dec 28, 2006 13:16:07 GMT
L'age d'Or
The Golden Age
Luis Buñuel 1930 France
A disjointed collection of scenes mocking religion and society.
From the unexplained opening footage of scorpions, to the bizarre, snare drum-led finale, in which Jesus loses his beard and a giraffe is thrown out of a window with the Pope, this fine piece of surrealism is meant - or at least taken - as an often very funny succession of sketches meant to shock and offend those religiously inclined. It is also an extension on Buñuel's own Un chien Andalou as a cinematic experiment - drawing up relationships between completely unrelated imagery by means of sexual symbolism.
The Golden Age
Luis Buñuel 1930 France
A disjointed collection of scenes mocking religion and society.
From the unexplained opening footage of scorpions, to the bizarre, snare drum-led finale, in which Jesus loses his beard and a giraffe is thrown out of a window with the Pope, this fine piece of surrealism is meant - or at least taken - as an often very funny succession of sketches meant to shock and offend those religiously inclined. It is also an extension on Buñuel's own Un chien Andalou as a cinematic experiment - drawing up relationships between completely unrelated imagery by means of sexual symbolism.