Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Marsha Kinder editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:28th Jan '99

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A study of Luis Buñuel's Oscar-winning masterpiece The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.

The first collection of essays on Luis Buñuel's 1972 Oscar-winning The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. Combining some of the world's most distinguished scholars on Buñuel and Spanish cinema with new voices in cultural theory, this volume rethinks Buñuel's entire body of work, as well as this particular film.The first collection of critical essays on Luis Buñuel's 1972 Oscar-winning masterpiece, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, this anthology brings fresh perspectives to the most sophisticated film of this director whose narrative experimentation was always ahead of its time. Combining some of the world's most distinguished scholars on Buñuel and Spanish cinema with new voices in cultural theory, this volume helps us to rethink not only The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, but also Buñuel's entire body of work. Among the topics examined are Buñuel's relationship to surrealism, the transnational (Spanish, French, Mexican, and American) nature of his work, and his dramatic and idiosyncratic rethinking of sex, narrative and gender. Also included are vintage reviews of the film, as well a selected Buñuel bibliography.

ISBN: 9780521568319

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm

Weight: 360g

240 pages