Filmikunsti ajalugu
homecountry, other forces win. Goes to hollywood, working, loses his job, accused of
communism, goes to mexico, becomes a filmmaker. Dies in mexico city as a result of liver
disease, liver cancer
Bunuel three periods:
1) The surrealist period. Parents money. ,,Le chien andalou" ad ,,L'age d'or"
2) The mexican period. Broke parents. Franco forces bunuel to live abroad.
3) The second french period. Creative freedom.
Two of bunuel's films were banned from distribution: l'age d'or and virdinia
Filmiography: un chien andalou, l'age d'or, los olivados, viridiana, le journal d'une femme de
chambre, belle de jour, le charme discret de la bourgeoisie, cet obscur du desir
1930- l'age d'or. Portrays two lovers and their ,,amour fou" who are facing obtacles of society
in the pursuit of their passion
Technical features:
Narrative: questioning of the narrative logic of films, questioning of the validity of perception,
often open end narratives, radical shifts of focus within the narratives