Week 8 — Xavier BorreroThis week in class we watched the film The Exterminating Angel, a film where bureaucratsand the 1% are seemingly stuck in a room due to a […]
Weekly Response 8 — Saiss CruzWhat a crazy film “El Ángel Exterminador” was to watch, I feel Buñuel would have really enjoyed watching “2001: A Space Odyssey” as a lot o […]
Weekly Response 6 — Saiss CruzWow! I believe that more than any of his films, Buñuel showcases here just how well he can develop multiple characters at once—and get hi […]
Weekly Response 5 — Saiss CruzVisit to Hispanic Society Very beautiful site! It’s interesting – it feels weird to say, but being that I’m from a country that’s been […]
Weekly Response 4 — Saiss CruzWhat can be said about Buñuel’s “The Young One” that isn’t spotlighted in America’s jaded history with race and economics, for one – it’s […]
Week 7 — Xavier BorreroIn this past week’s class we discussed the framework for many characters in Buñuel’s Mexicanfilms, and viewed The Criminal Life of […]
Week 3 — Saiss CruzLas Hurdes, is a work of art whose very production is a point of rebuttal towards the nuances of what makes a documentary, even very much a […]
Week 2 — Saiss CruzL’age d’or (The Golden Age) is Luis Buñuel’s Icarus, a piece which pushed the very medium of narrative filmmaking while exploring the very s […]
Week 1 — Saiss CruzThe subtlety of comedy in Luis Buñuel’s filmmaking approach is strongly cemented in the origins of film as medium, that is, in the re […]
Week 4 — Mariah SmithThe Young One (1960) Dir. Luis Buñuel: Intersections of Race and Gender After watching Luis Buñuel’s 1960 film, The Young One, I was lef […]
Week 2 — Mariah SmithAn Andalusian Dog (Un Chien Andalou) (1929) Dir. Luis Buñuel: A Woman’s Autonomy & Exploring Sexuality Luis Buñuel’s 1929 film Un Chi […]
Week 3 — Xavier BorreroFor week 3 we discussed the journey of Luis throughout the 30’s and his film LasHurdes: Land Without Bread which explored the topic of p […]
Week 4 — Xavier BorreroFor this week’s class we screened La Joven and discussed the journey of Bunuel moving fromcity to city due to complications within the film […]
Week One — Carter MoorePrior to the first class, I, along with many other students as it turned out did notnecessarily have a proclivity for the titular director […]