Buñuel

Release Date: 1984-01-01

Overview: Completed a year after his death in 1983, this program presents the definitive biography of Spain’s renowned Surrealist film maker and iconoclast, Luis Buñuel. Using photographs, film excerpts, and numerous interviews with Bunuel, the video chronicles his early friendships with Salvador Dalí and Federico García Lorca, the stormy reactions to many of his groundbreaking films, and the influence he has had on international cinema. Among those interviewed are directors Federico Fellini, John Huston, and Jose L. Saenz De Heredia; Buñuel’s wife, Jeanne Rucar, and son Juan; actor Francisco Rabal; and Octavio Paz.

Rating: 5 / 10

Cast

Luis Buñuel

as Self

Rafael Alberti

as Self

Hernando Viñes

as Self

José Luis Sáenz de Heredia

as Self

Juan Luis Buñuel

as Self