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(aka "The Exterminating Angel")
Luis Buñuel (collaborated with Luis Alcoriza) to
create what some consider to be his greatest film. It expresses itself as
another stylistic and biting satire on the bourgeois, only in the vein of a
horror film. It is called The Exterminating Angel.
In Mexico some rich folk are inexplicably invited to a dinner party at “Calle de
la Providencia” - a mansion. As the night progresses it becomes apparent that
they are all incapable of leaving the house. A message of idle rich dependency
is the subtext. With the servants outside they no contact with them what becomes
apparent is the hollowness and pettiness of the bourgeois lifestyle. Buñuel
champions the exposure of the aristocratic *lack* of nobility for those who have
more wealth than sense and have lost any touch with reality and a value
structure. The monsters that are feared start to rear their ugly heads and as
the comic strip character Pogo once said " We have met the enemy... and they are
us."
A true masterpiece of cinema.
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Theatrical Release: March 15th, 1962 - Finland
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DVD Review: Arrow Film Distributors Ltd - Region 0 - PAL
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| Distribution | Arrow Film Distributors Ltd - Region 0 - PAL | |
| Runtime | 1:28:21 (4% PAL speedup) | |
| Video | 1.33:1
Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 5.9 mb/s PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s |
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| Audio | Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) | |
| Subtitles | English, None | |
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NOTE: This disc has
a major flaw in the opening scenes: The discs completely remove these shots/sequences, as though they were an embarrassing "mistake: on Buñuel's part. (Kind of like the two actresses in Cet Obscur Objet du Desir.) - Thanks David! **** A fairly decent picture quality, similar to Buñuel's Los Olvidados, The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz and El, all available on DVD. The aspect ratio appears to be maintained, it is fairly clean and acceptably sharp but if you are expecting Criterion level contrast you will be disappointed... but the DVD is progressively transferred and certainly watchable, if far too blown out (brightness) for my personal taste. The audio showed a few inconsistencies and there are no supplements but , aside from a recent R4 Australian release, this is the only available DVD of this film WITH English subs - for that reason alone Buñuel fans may want to pick it up. NOTE: This review replaced the Spanish version that had no English subs. |

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Recommended Reading for Buñuel Fans (CLICK COVERS or TITLES for more information)
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My Last Sigh by Luis Bunuel, Abigail Israel |
Buñuel: 100 Years: It's Dangerous to Look Inside by Enrique Camacho |
An Unspeakable Betrayal:
Selected Writings of Luis Bunuel by Jean-Claude Carriere |
Bunuel by John Baxter |
Luis Bunuel : New Readings by Peter William Evans |
The Discreet Art of Luis Bunuel: A
Reading of His Films by Gwynne Edwards |
The Films of Luis
Bunuel: Subjectivity and Desire (Oxford Hispanic
Studies) by Peter William Evans " |
Buñuel's The
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Cambridge Film
Handbooks) by Marsha Kinder |
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