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OverviewLuis Bunuel was one of the great film-makers of the twentieth century. Gwynne Edwards analyses his work in the context of Bunuel's personal obsessions - sex, bourgeois values and religion. Luis Bunuel (1900-1983) was one of the truly great film-makers of the twentieth century. Shaped by a repressive Jesuit education and a bourgeois family background, he reacted against both, escaped to Paris, and was soon embraced by Andre Breton's official surrealist group. His early films are his most aggressive and shocking, the slicing of the eyeball in Un Chien andalou (1929) one of the most memorable episodes in the history of cinema. The Forgotten Ones (1950) and He (1952), made in Mexico, were followed, from 1960, in Spain and France, by the films for which he is best known: Viridiana (1961), Belle de jour (1966), Tristana (1970), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), and That Obscure Object of Desire (1977). Gwynne Edwards analyses the films in the context of Bunuel's personal obsessions - sex, bourgeois values, and religion - suggesting that the film-maker experienced a degree of sexual inhibition surprising in a surrealist. GWYNNE EDWARDS is Professor of Spanish at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gwynne EdwardsPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd Imprint: Tamesis Books Volume: v. 210 Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.298kg ISBN: 9781855662056ISBN 10: 1855662051 Pages: 186 Publication Date: 18 March 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: Spanish Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationGwynne Edwards is a lecturer in Spanish at University of Wales. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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