Luis Buñuel

...was the dominant trend. His themes were influenced by European art-house cinema, especially the works of Ingmar Bergman and Luis Bunuel. Williams's 1955-56 etching Trapeze also had a big influence and one of Baldessin's first printed...

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...of modernist choreography I imagined to be a representation of the Macbeths' dance of death, immersing myself in scenes evoking Luis Bunuel or David Lynch. Then I noticed a crowd of people watching an agitated woman closing the door...

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...tone though. If you want to see a film that describes the current political situation in Britain, look no further than Luis Bunuel's Exterminating Angel. The ruling classes at a dinner party and for some reason find themselves unable to...

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...was threatening to spill her secret. Previous to her coming out, speculation ran wild as to who Belle de Jour -- named for the Luis Bunuel film starring Catherine Deneuve as bored housewife who spends her afternoons as a prostitute --...

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...secretary, who secretly craves the dead man's fortune. The film was a big hit, partly because of its exemplary special effects. Luis Bunuel is rumoured to have had a part in their design, and the surreal sight of the hand scuttling up a...

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...chord, and that annunciatory drum fill-and of course the whole song unfolds into something amazing, Frank Black howling mad (about Luis Bunuel, etc.), Kim Deal heavenly and weightless, rhythm relentless and upbeat, guitar hook simple and...

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...of a soldier's career as he faces defeat. Both are about the disillusion of choosing the wrong side. Also ready for discovery is Luis Bunuel's "Death in the Garden," a lovely melodrama in lush colors. It compares the wilds of civilization...

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...a group of poets and artists known as the Generation of 27. The group included the surrealist painter Salvador Dali and filmmaker Luis Bunuel. *On the outbreak of civil war in 1936 Lorca was arrested by soldiers of the Franco regime.

In this article: Federico Garcia Lorca, Nationalist, Viznar, Spanish Civil War, and Salvador Dali

...identified with the leftist republic Franco rose up against. A contemporary and friend of artist Salvador Dali and film director Luis Bunuel, Garcia Lorca already was famous in Spain and abroad at the age of 38. But his works, as well as...

In this article: Federico Garcia Lorca, Francisco Franco, Spain, Ian Gibson, Granada, Roman Catholic Church, Baltasar Garzon, and Salvador Dali