Getting what you need: changing surrealist vision in Luis Bunuel's Un Chien Andalou, Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, and That Obscure Object of Desire

Document author(s):

Julie Ahrens

Document source:

Movietone News

Publication date:

1978 Aug 14

Document language:

English

Document type:

article

Number of pages:

5

Source pagination:

17-21

Document name subject:

Luis Buñuel

Document contains:

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Related films:

• Un chien andalou (Andalusian dog) — Buñuel, Luis — France — 1928
• Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (The discreet charm of the bourgeoisie) — Buñuel, Luis — France; Italy; Spain — 1972
• Cet obscur objet du désir (That obscure object of desire) — Buñuel, Luis — France; Spain — 1977

Film country(ies):

France, Italy, and Spain

Film language(s):

French

Film production company:

Gaumont-La Gueville and Greenwich Film Production S.A.

Film genre(s):

Experimental and Surrealist

Film subject(s):

• Desire -- Social aspects -- Drama
• Dinners and dining -- France -- Paris -- Drama
• Dreams -- Social aspects -- Drama
• Middle-aged men -- Sexual behavior -- Drama
• Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Drama
• Surrealism in motion pictures -- Drama
• Upper class -- France -- Paris -- Drama

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