The outrageous innocence of Luis Bunuel

Document author(s):

Philip Strick

Document source:

National Film Theatre (London, England)

Document language:

English

Document type:

program note

Number of pages:

8

Document name subject:

Luis Buñuel

Document contains:

production co

Related films:

• Un chien andalou (Andalusian dog) — Buñuel, Luis — France — 1928
• Centinela, alerta! — Grémillon, Jean — No country known — 1937
• Gran Casino — Buñuel, Luis — Mexico — 1947
• El gran calavera (The great madcap) — Buñuel, Luis — Mexico — 1949
• Susana — Buñuel, Luis — Mexico — 1950
• Una mujer sin amor (A woman without love) — Buñuel, Luis — Mexico — 1951
• Los olvidados (The young and the damned) — Buñuel, Luis — Mexico — 1951
• La hija del engaño (Daughter of deceit) — Buñuel, Luis — Mexico — 1951
• La hija del engaño (Daughter of deceit) — Buñuel, Luis — Mexico — 1951
• The adventures of Robinson Crusoe — Buñuel, Luis — United States; Mexico — 1952
• Subida al cielo (Mexican bus ride) — Buñuel, Luis — Mexico — 1952
• El bruto (The brute) — Buñuel, Luis — Mexico — 1952
• La ilusion viaje en tranvia (Illusion travels by streetcar) — Buñuel, Luis — Mexico — 1953
• Abismos de pasión (Wuthering heights) — Buñuel, Luis — Mexico — 1953
• El rio y la muerte (The river and death) — Buñuel, Luis — Mexico — 1955
• Ensayo de un crimen (The criminal life of Archibaldo de la Cruz) — Buñuel, Luis — Mexico — 1955
• La mort en ce jardin (Death in the garden) — Buñuel, Luis — Mexico; France — 1956
• Cela s'appelle l'aurore (That is the dawn) — Buñuel, Luis — Italy; France — 1956
• Nazarin — Buñuel, Luis — Mexico — 1959
• Viridiana — Buñuel, Luis — Spain; Mexico — 1961
• El angel exterminador (The exterminating angel) — Buñuel, Luis — Mexico — 1962
• La voie lactée (The milky way) — Buñuel, Luis — France; Italy — 1969
• 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
• La Hija de juan simon — Saenz de Heredia, José Luis — Spain — No year known

Film country(ies):

France, Italy, Mexico, Spain, and United States

Film language(s):

English, French, and Spanish

Film production company:

Alianza Cinematografica Mexicana, Cinematográfica Latinoamericana Clasa, Films 59, Films Dismage, Fraia Film, Gaumont-La Gueville, Greenwich Film Production S.A., International Cinematográfica, S. A., Laetitia Film, Les Films Marceau-Cocinor, Oscar Dancigers-Henry Ehrlich Productions, Peliculas Anahuac S.A., Producciones Barbachano Ponce, Producciones Gustavo Alatriste, Producciones Isla, Producciones Tepeyac, Tepeyac Productions, Ultramar Films, and Uninci, S.A.

Film genre(s):

Adaptation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Experimental, Feature, Melodrama, Musical, Social problem, and Surrealist

Film subject(s):

• Adultery -- France -- Drama
• Adventure and adventurers -- South America -- Drama
• Alvarez Acosta, Miguel. Muro blanco en roca negra -- Film and video adaptations
• Beggars -- Spain -- Drama
• Brothers and sisters -- Mexico -- Drama
• Bus travel -- Mexico -- Drama
• Cable cars (Streetcars) -- Mexico -- Drama
• Casinos -- Mexico -- Drama
• Castaways -- Drama
• Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Mexico -- Drama
• Charity -- Religious aspects -- Spain -- Drama
• Church and social problems -- France -- Drama
• Church and social problems -- Mexico -- Drama
• Church and the world -- Drama
• Country life -- Mexico -- Drama
• Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character) -- Drama
• Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe -- Drama
• Desire -- Social aspects -- Drama
• Devil -- Drama
• Dinners and dining -- France -- Paris -- Drama
• Dinners and dining -- Mexico -- Drama
• Dreams -- Social aspects -- Drama
• Exploitation -- France -- Corsica -- Drama
• Factories -- France -- Corsica -- Drama
• Family life -- Mexico -- Drama
• Fathers and daughters -- Mexico -- Drama
• Guilt and culture -- Drama
• Illegitimate children -- Mexico -- Drama
• Impostors and imposture -- Mexico -- Drama
• Inheritance and succession -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- Drama
• Jesus Christ -- Drama
• Jungles -- South America -- Drama
• Juvenile delinquency -- Mexico -- Drama
• Landlord and tenant -- Mexico -- Drama
• Local transit -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- Drama
• Love -- Drama
• Marriage -- Drama
• Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Drama
• Mexico -- Rural conditions -- Drama
• Middle-aged men -- Sexual behavior -- Drama
• Millionaires -- Mexico -- Drama
• Nuns -- Spain -- Drama
• Oil wells -- Mexico -- Drama
• Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Drama
• Physicians -- France -- Drama
• Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- France -- Drama
• Priests -- Mexico -- Drama
• Ranches -- Mexico -- Drama
• Reformatories for women -- Mexico -- Drama
• Rent strikes -- Mexico City (Mexico) -- Drama
• Repression (Psychology) -- Drama
• Revenge -- Mexico -- Drama
• Revolutions -- South America -- Drama
• Robles, Emmanuel. Cela s'appelle l'aurore -- Film and video adaptations
• Sade, Marquis de, 1740-1814 -- Drama
• Social classes -- Mexico -- Drama
• Social classes -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Drama
• Street-railroads -- Mexico -- Employees -- Drama
• Surrealism in motion pictures -- Drama
• Upper class -- France -- Paris -- Drama
• Upper class -- Mexico -- Drama
• Upper class families -- Mexico -- Drama
• Upper class families -- Spain -- Drama
• Urban poor -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Drama
• Vendetta -- Mexico -- Drama
• Villages -- Mexico -- Drama
• Women -- Social and moral questions -- Drama
• Young women -- Mexico -- Sexual behavior -- Drama
• Youth -- Mexico -- Drama

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