L'Âge d'or

Paul Hammond author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:12th Nov '20

Should be back in stock very soon

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A study of Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali's Surrealist masterpiece L'Âge d'Or in the BFI Film Classics series.

One of the greatest collaborations of cinema history, L'Âge d'Or(1930) united the geniuses of Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali in the making of a Surrealist masterpiece - a uniquely savage blend of visual poetry and social criticism. The film was banned and vilified for many years in many countries, becoming justly legendary for its subversive eroticism and its furious dissection of 'civilised' values. In a remarkable, intuitive reading of L'Âge d'Or, Paul Hammond interweaves a detailed account of the extraordinary circumstances of its production with a dazzling interpretation of its aesthetic and political nuances. At once authoritative and polemical, this is a study entirely in tune with its subject, a fitting celebration of a major landmark in world cinema.

A lovely book. A sharp new look at an great old film. -- George Melly

ISBN: 9781839021831

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 144g

85 pages

2nd edition