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Luis Buñuel

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Nascita
22 febbraio 1900 · Calanda, Teruel, Aragón, España
Morte
29 luglio 1983

Biografia

Luis Buñuel Portolés (Spanish: [ˈlwis βuˈɲwel poɾtoˈles]; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians, and directors to be one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. Buñuel's work was known for its avant-garde surrealism which was also infused with political commentary and social satire. Often associated with the surrealist movement of the 1920s, Buñuel made films from the 1920s through the 1970s. He collaborated with prolific surrealist painter Salvador Dali creating the films Un Chien Andalou (1929), which was made in the silent era and L'Age d'Or (1930). The two films are seen as the birth of Cinematic surrealism. From 1947 to 1960 he developed his skills as a director filming in Mexico making grounded and human melodramas such as Gran Casino (1947), Los Olvidados (1950), and Él (1953). Here is where he gained the fundamentals of storytelling. Buñuel than transitioned into making artful, unconventional, surrealist, and political satirical films. He earned acclaim with the morally complex arthouse drama film Viridiana (1961) which criticized the Francoist dictatorship. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. He then criticized political and social conditions in The Exterminating Angel (1962), and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise (1972) the later of which won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He also directed Diary of a Chambermaid (1964), and Belle de Jour (1967), as well as his final film That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) the later of which earned the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director. Buñuel earned five Cannes Film Festival prizes, two Berlin International Film Festival prizes, and a BAFTA Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards. Buñuel received numerous honors including National Prize for Arts and Sciences for Fine Arts in 1977, the Moscow International Film Festival Contribution to Cinema Prize in 1979, and the Career Golden Lion in 1982. He was nominated once for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968. Seven of Buñuel's films are included in Sight & Sound's 2012 critics' poll of the top 250 films of all time.

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Locandina di Un chien andalou
Un chien andalou
Film · 1929 · ★ 7,4
Locandina di Bella di giorno
Bella di giorno
Film · 1967 · ★ 7,3
Locandina di Il fascino discreto della borghesia
Il fascino discreto della borghesia
Film · 1972 · ★ 7,4
Locandina di L'angelo sterminatore
L'angelo sterminatore
Film · 1962 · ★ 7,9
Locandina di Viridiana
Viridiana
Film · 1962 · ★ 7,7
Locandina di I figli della violenza
I figli della violenza
Film · 1950 · ★ 8,1
Locandina di Quell'oscuro oggetto del desiderio
Quell'oscuro oggetto del desiderio
Film · 1977 · ★ 7,4
Locandina di E Johnny prese il fucile
E Johnny prese il fucile
Film · 1971 · ★ 7,5
Locandina di L'Âge d'or
L'Âge d'or
Film · 1930 · ★ 6,8
Locandina di Il fantasma della libertà
Il fantasma della libertà
Film · 1974 · ★ 7,4
Locandina di Tristana
Tristana
Film · 1970 · ★ 7,2
Locandina di Simon del deserto
Simon del deserto
Film · 1965 · ★ 7,6

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