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Bunuel had at least 3 significant periods during his directing career and his films differed quite a bit as his ideas shifted and developed.
1. Surrealist with Salvador Dali, Jean Epstein, etc. A silent film version of Fall of the House of Usher directed by Epstein and assisted by Bunuel is available on DVD.
2. Mexican Period: A political outcast from Franco's Spain, Bunuel moved to Mexico and made films like Los Olvidados and El (I haven't seen any of these so I can't comment on the style)
3. France: Around 1960 Bunuel moved back to Paris and made the most popular films of his career concerning the political, social, and sexual topics he is most identified with like Belle De Jour, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeosie, and That Obscure Object of Desire.
Kirk, Glad you thought so highly of Aguirre, it's one of my favorites. If you're interested in other Werner Herzog films, he made a number of very notable films in the 70's - The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Stoszek, Heart Of Glass, his remake of Nosferatu, and then returned to the Amazon for Fitzcarraldo in '82.
Yes, Captain Hammer's here, hair blowing in the breeze. The day needs my saving expertise! - Captain Hammer, Corporate Tool
2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 314 Last Watched: An Autumn Afternoon
Last 10 Films Watched:
Penelope - B / Missing - B+
Le Doulos - B- / Snow Angels - D-
Mon Oncle Antoine - B / Late Autumn - A-
Paranoid Park - B / An Autumn Afternoon - A
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - B / Run, Fatboy, Run - B
DVD BEAVER My Collection
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