COMM 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Un Chien Andalou, Luis Buñuel, Jeanne Moreau
18 Oct 2016
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Born february 22, 1900 in calanda, spain. Died july 29, 1983 (age 83) in mexico city, mexico. New york times called bunuel an iconoclast, moralist, and revolutionary who was a leader of avant-garde surrealism in his youth and a dominant international movie director half a century later. Talked about by famous late film critic roger ebert, saying that his first picture was the most famous short film ever made . Associated himself with the surrealist movement in the 1920s. His work in its entirety spans across three languages and two continents. Experimented with the following genres: experimental film, documentary, melodrama, satire, musical, erotica, comedy, romance, costume dramas, fantasy, crime film, adventure, and western. Very economical--would write a script and hardly deviate away from it. Tried to shoot mainly in order to minimize editing time. Actress jeanne moreau said, he was the only director i know who never threw away a shot.
