Filled with film trivia, framed by Buñuel's intellect and wit, this is essential reading for fans of cinema. The work was translated as My Last Sigh the following year, after the director’s death. His personal narratives also encompass the pressing political issues of his time, many of which still haunt us today-the specter of fascism, the culture wars, the nuclear bomb. Luis Buuel: My Last Sigh (1983) In 1982, filmmaker, surrealist, and provocateur of the status quo (be it religion, morality, or bourgeois mentality), Luis Buuel published a book of memoirs and musings called Mon Dernier Soupir. In swift and generous prose, Buñuel traces the surprising contours of his life, from the Good Friday drumbeats of his childhood to the dreams that inspired his most famous films to his turbulent friendships with Federico García Lorca and Salvador Dalí. In his autobiography, My Last Sigh, he noted that The Exterminating Angel was, like many of his films, about a specific. Now, in a memoir that carries all the surrealism and subversion of his cinema, Buñuel turns his artistic gaze inward. Bunuel was reluctant to ascribe literal meanings to his movies. Luis Buñuel's films have the power to shock, inspire, and reinvent our world. A provocative memoir from Luis Buñuel, the Academy Award winning creator of some of modern cinema's most important films, from Un Chien Andalou to The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.
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