Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel Portolés (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis βuˈɲwel poɾtoˈles]; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish-Mexican filmmaker.[2]
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| Born | Luis Buñuel Portolés 22 February 1900 |
| Died | 29 July 1983 (aged 83) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Cause of death | Cirrhosis |
| Citizenship | Spain (renounced in 1949) [1] Mexico (since 1949) [1] |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 1929–1977 |
| Spouse(s) | Jeanne Rucar (m. 1934) |
The New York Times called him "a revolutionary" who was a "leader of avant-garde surrealism in his youth and a dominant international movie director half a century later".[3]
His first movie, Un Chien Andalou, was called "the most famous short [movie] ever made" by critic Roger Ebert,[4] and his last movie, That Obscure Object of Desire, won him Best Director awards from the National Board of Review and the National Society of Film Critics.[5]
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Calanda, Spain
Luis Buñuel (top row, right), Madrid, 1923
Jean Epstein, Buñuel's first film collaborator
Salvador Dalí 1939
Marie-Laure de Noailles was a prominent patron of avant-garde artists, who received L'Age d'Or as a birthday gift from her husband, Charles.
Group of Hurdanos early in the 20th century
Museum of Modern Art, 1943. Buñuel was employed at MOMA during WWII, supervising and editing documentaries for Latin*American countries, commissioned by the Committee on Inter-American Affairs headed by Nelson Rockefeller.
Man Ray – a friend from Buñuel's surrealist period and collaborator on unrealized Hollywood projects.
Libertad Lamarque, star of Buñuel's first Mexican film. Buñuel was said to have held a long-time grudge against Lamarque because the actress was able to bring him to tears when he viewed a "corny melodrama" which she had made in Argentina: "How could I let myself cry over such an absurd, grotesque, ridiculous scene?":p.147
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Buñuel's Mexico". Harvard Film Archive. Fine Arts Library of the Harvard College Library. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ↑ Kyrou, Ado. "Luis Buñuel". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ↑ Flint, Peter B. (30 July 1983). Luis Buñuel Dies at 83; Filmmaker for 50 Years. https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/30/obituaries/luis-bunuel-dies-at-83-film-maker-for-50-years.html. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ Ebert, Roger (16 April 2000). "Un Chien Andalou Movie Review (1928)". Great Movies: The First 100 (RogerEbert.com). http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-un-chien-andalou-1928. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ↑ Berg, Charles Ramírez. "Program Notes: THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE". Austin Film Society. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2017.