Filled with cheap and obvious satire and surrealism straight out of a Tuesday afternoon sitcom.

What was Buñuel trying to say in this twisted array of surreal dreams and visions? I don't think distinguishing between reality and dream is important, but it's more a social study on the (irrational) impulses of the bourgeoisie. For all of their financial advantages and "social manners" they cannot seem to be even able to have dinner without being distracted. They are on a road to nowhere. Here this is presented in an often surprising, charming and humorous fashion.

Quietly funny and a little creepy. "Discreet charm" is exactly how I'd describe the film but it's hardly something to rave about.

Bizarre

While liking the idea I still found it boring.

I didn't get it.

Watching Bunuel's wicked, surreal assault on the upper class made me feel like I needed to do some outside reading to keep up. Bunuel takes dead aim at the hypocrisy and judgmental nature of his characters, showing how their zealotry over stature controls all. It's an odd, devilish beast and a complex, questing work. It may not fully warm my heart, but I can readily see it as a piece of cinematic art capable of launching a thousand film classes.

12 agustos 10, demetle- sarap icerek & bol sembolizm ile ordu, kilise ve tabii ki burjuva taslamasi. aslinda ordu ve kilise tamamen burjuva gozunden irdelendigi icin taslaniyor. burjuvayi, evin icinden- planlarin gobeginden, hatta bizzar ruyalarinin icinden anlatabilmis bir film. en etkileyen sekans mavi gozlu askerin anisi, ruyasi. tuyler urperticiydi. tekrardan izlenebilecek bir film..

LOUCURA

Deceptively casual film that conceals much artistry and insight. Bunuel shifts from reality to reverie, from one level of narrative to another, so effortlessly that life and dream are one marvelous unity, including missed dinner parties, terrorist plots, ghostly police sergeants, a bishop turned gardener turned murderer, a marijuana-smoking military division on maneuvers, and much else. In fact, a world.

Surrealism, social criticism and humor is a combination Buñuel knew like no other.

The idea that this movie could be a sitcom (if some of the cruder elements were removed) is highly amusing to me. The solipsism is mind numbing.. it's sort of like No Exit but the individuals are willful participants or occupants in their realities, and that makes all the satire so much more maddening for the viewer.

Provocative, brilliantly cinic and bitingly funny. A must-see for movie lovers.

Increasingly hilarious.

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Fuck off now.