Born in Aragon, Spain, Luis Buñuel is a filmmaker who worked in areas such as Spain, France and Mexico. He was often associated with the Surrealist movement of the 1920s, marrying the concept of film and poetic images - his works spanning a variety of languages and genres. He created features in genres such as experimental film, documentary, melodrama, musical, erotica, comedy, romance, costume dramas, fantasy, crime film, adventure, and western.
As a student, he developed his skills and became an acomplished hypnotist - even once calming a hysterical prostitute through hypnotic methods. His passion for film was soon intesified after viewing Der müde Tod by Fritz Lang; deciding soon to devote his life to cinema. He was actively involved in cinema as he moved to Paris in 1925; meeting a number of influential people, including the pianist Ricardo Viñes, who was instrumental in securing Buñuel's selection as artistic director of the Dutch premiere of Manuel de Falla's puppet-opera El retablo de maese Pedro in 1926. He enrolled into a private film school ran by Jean Epstein, soon collaborating on film scripts and after his apprenticship, created Un Chien Andalou - a surrealist feature with Salvador Dali.
Buñuel talks about Un Chien Andalou
Trailers of films by Luis:
Trailers of films by Luis:
'Tristana' (1970)
'L'Age d'Or' (1930)
'La voie lactée' (1969)
'Nazarin' (1959)
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