Post by Boz on Jan 21, 2007 21:14:36 GMT
Land Without Bread 
Luis Bunuel 1932
Narration plays a much more vital role here, with virtually no dialogue, and it's interesting that here, the narrator sometimes refers to things that "we" saw, inferring he was part of a travelling group visiting this country. This documentary focuses on the people of a remote Spanish town living in abject poverty, plagued with disease and famine, many of whom are stricken with deformities. Buñuel chooses to have running triumphant trumpet music playing in the background throughout, an interesting choice, but one that sharply contradicts with the images of graphic animal deaths, along with the matter-of-fact treatment of human suffering, elements that make the film particularly disturbing. Even worse was the fact I read afterwards, revealing that Buñuel himself dictated the torture and murder of several animals to get the shots he wanted.
Luis Bunuel 1932
Narration plays a much more vital role here, with virtually no dialogue, and it's interesting that here, the narrator sometimes refers to things that "we" saw, inferring he was part of a travelling group visiting this country. This documentary focuses on the people of a remote Spanish town living in abject poverty, plagued with disease and famine, many of whom are stricken with deformities. Buñuel chooses to have running triumphant trumpet music playing in the background throughout, an interesting choice, but one that sharply contradicts with the images of graphic animal deaths, along with the matter-of-fact treatment of human suffering, elements that make the film particularly disturbing. Even worse was the fact I read afterwards, revealing that Buñuel himself dictated the torture and murder of several animals to get the shots he wanted.