Post by Capo on Jul 22, 2007 22:28:53 GMT
El ángel exterminador
The Exterminating Angel
Luis Buñuel 1962 Mexico
A bourgois dinner party turns to hell when the guests find themselves unable to leave.
The reasons why the guests are unable or unwilling to leave - and indeed why outsiders are unable or unwilling to enter - are never given, and the entire narrative comprises these suit-clad guests becoming increasingly distraut, thirsty, ill and sexually frustrated, restricted to one room in an entire mansion, in the empty halls of which three sheep and one bear also lurk. Buñuel hated psychoanalytical readings of films and professed at the time of this that it didn't mean anything in particular, but even so, the inclusion of a similar escapade at a church in the final moments brings a knowing smile to familar fans' faces. Shot in harsh black and white, it is an absurd inviting allegory on the fall of Man if nothing else.
The Exterminating Angel
Luis Buñuel 1962 Mexico
A bourgois dinner party turns to hell when the guests find themselves unable to leave.
The reasons why the guests are unable or unwilling to leave - and indeed why outsiders are unable or unwilling to enter - are never given, and the entire narrative comprises these suit-clad guests becoming increasingly distraut, thirsty, ill and sexually frustrated, restricted to one room in an entire mansion, in the empty halls of which three sheep and one bear also lurk. Buñuel hated psychoanalytical readings of films and professed at the time of this that it didn't mean anything in particular, but even so, the inclusion of a similar escapade at a church in the final moments brings a knowing smile to familar fans' faces. Shot in harsh black and white, it is an absurd inviting allegory on the fall of Man if nothing else.