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Conversations with Bunuel

Interviews with the Filmmaker, Family Members, Friends and Collaborators

Max Aub author Julie Jones editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc

Published:2nd May '17

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

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This book features extended conversations with Spanish filmmaker Luis Bunuel (1900-1983) and interviews with his family members, friends and colleagues--including Salvador Dali, Louis Aragon and Fernando Rey--conducted by Max Aub in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Notorious for inventing fanciful versions of his life and his creative output, Bunuel was hard put to deceive the astute Max Aub, who shared Bunuel's background in Spain, in Paris during the Spanish Civil War, and in Mexico, where they were friends and collaborators.

Originally published in Spain in 1985, this translated (the first in English) and expanded edition (with several significant interviews and a detailed index not found in the original) provides a detailed picture of Bunuel's life and art. Extensive notes contextualize the conversations and acknowledge the discoveries of recent studies on Bunuel.

“full of engaging insights into Bunuel’s life and cinema...now available in English, thanks to an excellent translation and editing work”—World Literature Today; “one of the most revealing books ever published about the filmmaker”—Cineaste (on the original Spanish edition).

ISBN: 9781476668222

Dimensions: 254mm x 178mm x 15mm

Weight: 503g

300 pages