Dylan Stucko, Selected Directors – Luis Buñuel Final Paper,  The Liminal Islands of Luis BuñuelBuñuel is a director who enjoys peeling away the layers of civility and socially acceptable forms of behavior to expose the often ugly and […]

This Confession Has Meant Nothing, by Dylan StuckoGiven Buñuel’s extensive filmography, spanning from 1929 with An Andalusian Dog all the way to 1977 with That Obscure Object of Desire (a 48 […]

Dylan Stucko – Los OlvidadosI can confidently say that Los Olvidados is, in my opinion, Bunuel at his darkest. It feels bleak, bordering even on outright nihilism […]

Dylan Stucko – The Young OneUpon reflection, The Young One, while not necessarily my favorite Bunuel film, is undeniably the one I find myself thinking about the most. […]

Dylan Stucko – Las HurdesBunuel’s pseudo-documentary (mockumentary, if you will) serves as a kind of introduction to two of the most prevalent themes in his films: […]

Dylan Stucko – Week 12 – The Discreet Charm of the BourgeoisieFilms can, and are, often criticized for having “nothing happen.” The pacing is dull and sluggish, characters don’t accomplish much, and the […]

Dylan Stucko – Week 11 – TristanaThe theme of patriarchy never seemed quite as front and center in a Bunuel film than with Tristana. Don Lope himself quite literally points […]

Dylan Stucko – Week 10 – ViridianaWhile Bunuel has certainly never been a stranger to criticizing the church as an institution, nor pointing out the blatant injustices of […]

Week 8, Dylan Stucko, Exterminating AngelThe Exterminating Angel feels like a feature length episode of The Twilight Zone. An existentially terrifying one at that. The premise is […]

Weekly Response #7, Dylan StuckoThe Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz, despite the undeniably dark subject matter, could almost pass for an absurd comedy. Our […]