Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

• Author(s): Marsha Kinder,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 225
• ISBN_10: 0521568315
  ISBN_13: 9780521568319
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Art / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945) , Performing Arts / Film / General , Performing Arts / Film / Direction & Production , Performing Arts / Screenplays , Performing Arts / Individual Director , Social Science / Media Studies ,

Description:... The first collection of critical essays on Luis Buñuel's 1972 Oscar-winning masterpiece,The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, this anthology brings fresh perspectives to the most sophisticated film of this director whose narrative experimentation was always ahead of its time. Combining some of the world's most distinguished scholars on Buñuel and Spanish cinema with new voices in cultural theory, this volume helps us to rethink not only The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, but also Buñuel's entire body of work.