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• • In the best surrealist tradition, BuÃuel claimed that his brilliant, disconcertingly funny joke - after an upper... read more on Time Out

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    • 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20

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    A great director at work

    This film from the Spanish director Luis Bunuel was made cheaply in Mexico, Bunuel being unable to work regularly in Franco's Spain (his previous film, '... read more »

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    Recommended watch!

    Awesome film for its time. Weird, creepy and surreal through and through. Great stuff. The fact it's in Spanish also adds that special mystique to it.

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    • 08 Dec 2011 at 22:31

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    One of his most overtly surrealistic

    It seems almost inappropriate to discuss a film as possibly multivalent as this, though I emphasise the word possibly, as Bunuel seemed particularly adamant ... read more »

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    • BrindleyBeBarassedboutBombsquare
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    • 05 Jan 2011 at 21:18

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    Classy Confusion

    If it were not associated with Buñuel, this film could be dismissed as a confused display of privileged class crassness--toying with witchcraft, ... read more »

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    • 15 May 2009 at 10:29

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    Good surreal film

    Twenty or so high society types get together for a dinner party,but for some reason none of them can leave afterwards.They literally can not walk through the ... read more »

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    • 20 Nov 2008 at 18:09

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    Might be a painful experience

    the first time i watched i just could stop wondering how that strange situation would come to an end. however, by the second time i watched it -whilst trying to... read more »

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    • 26 Sep 2008 at 09:27

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    Surreal as f***

    Bunuel movies have always been 'avant-garde', but this one takes the top prize. It all starts out pretty normally - guests arriving for a dinner - but ... read more »

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    • wikkidsmyle
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    • 24 Aug 2008 at 09:48

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    The Last Supper?

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    A bunch of aristocrats gather to a party, unaware that it may be their last, in a deeply symbolic (or surreal) comedy of manners that somewhat reminded me of ... read more »

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    • russio
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    • 29 Mar 2008 at 07:46

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    A master at work

    This is a classic movie. Maybe not to everyone's taste but if you like slightly surrealist 60's european movies this is the one for you. It is Bunuel at... read more »

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    • adam wardknott
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    • 09 Aug 2007 at 12:57

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    change director

    can this title be given it's true director?
    
    Luis Bunuel

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    • 22 Nov 2006 at 15:59

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    A great director at work

    This film from the Spanish director Luis Bunuel was made cheaply in Mexico, Bunuel being unable to work regularly in Franco's Spain (his previous film, '... read more »

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