{"id":25302,"date":"2021-01-08T13:44:56","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T21:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=25302"},"modified":"2021-01-08T13:49:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T21:49:07","slug":"review-three-films-luis-bunuel-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2021\/01\/review-three-films-luis-bunuel-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Films by Lios Bunuel: The Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Three Films by Luis Bunuel<\/em><\/strong> is a collection of films from the prolific director and includes\u00a0The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)<\/em>,\u00a0The Phantom of Liberty (1974)<\/em> and\u00a0That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Three Films by Luis Bunuel
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\nThe Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
\nThe Phantom of Liberty
\nThat Obscure Object of Desire<\/span>
\n(1972-1977)
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama<\/span>
\nThe Criterion Collection | NR \u2013 101 min. \/ 103 min. \/ 104 min. \u2013 $99.95 | January 5, 2020<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 01\/08\/2021 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Director: <\/strong>Luis Bunuel
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Luis Bunuel, Jean-Claude Carriere
\nCast: <\/strong>The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie<\/em>: Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, Stephane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Julien Bertheau, Milena Vukotic; <\/span>The Phantom of Liberty<\/em>: Adrianna Asti, Julien Bertheau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Adolfo Celi, Paul Frankeur, Michel Lonsdale, Francois Maistre, Helene Perdriere, Michel Piccou, Claude Peplu, Jean Rochefort, Bernard Verley, Milena Vukotic; <\/span>That Obscure Object of Desire<\/em>: Fernando Rey, Carole Bosquet, Angela Molina, Julien Bertheau, Andre Weber, Milena Vukotic<\/span><\/p>\n

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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Featurettes, Interviews
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>3<\/span><\/p>\n
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Audio: <\/strong>French (DTS-HD MA 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.66
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/span><\/p>\n
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The Criterion Collection provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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PLOT SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The Discreet Charm of the <\/em><\/strong>Bourgeoisie (1972) <\/strong>\u2014 The ambassador of the Latin American republic of Miranda (FERNANDO REY), M. Thevenot (PAUL FRANKEUR), his wife Simone (DELPHINE SEYRIG) and her sister Florence (BULLE OGIER) arrive for a dinner party at the house of Alice S\u00e9n\u00e9chal (STEPHANE AUDRAN) and her husband Henri (Jean-Pierre Cassel), only to learn that they were mistaken about the date. In director Luis Bu\u00f1uel’s surreal fantasy, the six bourgeois friends repeatedly gather for a dinner that never quite arrives.<\/p>\n

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The Phantom of Liberty<\/em><\/strong> (1974)<\/strong> \u2014 This Surrealist Spanish film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Bu\u00f1uel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.<\/p>\n

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That Obscure Object of Desire<\/em> (1977)<\/strong> \u2014 After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu (FERNANDO REY), regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a fiery 19-year-old flamenco dancer named Conchita (played alternately by CAROLE BOSQUET and ANGELA MOLINA). What follows is a tale of cruelty, depravity and lies — the very building blocks of love.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This 3-disc collection are each housed in their own fold-out digipak, the first one contains a removable 56-page booklet<\/strong>. For those interested, the collection numbers on these are 102, 290 and 143 respectively.<\/p>\n

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie<\/em><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n