Luis Bunuel was a great film director

Bunuel was a surrealist in the 20’s, made films in Mexico in the 1940s and 1950s, made one film in his native Spain in the 1960s which was banned there and finally made films in Europe (mostly in French) with prominent actors.

I would start with Nazarin (1959), Viridiana (1961) The Exterminating Angel (1962) and Tristana (1970), three of his more accessible films.

Then I would move on to The Milky Way (1969), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), and The Phantom of Liberty (1974).

What a great career. Bunuel had a wicked sense of humor. I remember the cross that folded out into a knife in The Exterminating Angel

I have watched some of his lesser-known Mexican films and recommend El (1953) and The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955).

BFI on where to begin with Bunuel

Remembering Luis Buñuel on his 124th birth anniversary. pic.twitter.com/mYhB6k7a7B

— DepressedBergman (@DannyDrinksWine) February 22, 2024

Luis Buñuel was #BoTD in 1900. Celebrate with his gleefully irreverent TRISTANA, starring the iconic #CatherineDeneuve. #NowPlaying on @CohenChannel with a 7-day free trial: https://t.co/F59UGKz2AP pic.twitter.com/qHm7yG2aFG

— Cohen Media Group (@CohenMediaGroup) February 22, 2024

BOTD Luis Buñuel, who would be 124 years young. Celebrate by listening to this chat with Dave Kehr about Buñuel in Mexico at MOMA https://t.co/9er9KyjBQI

— Nicolas Rapold (@NicolasRapold) February 22, 2024

"There's absolutely nothing Mexican about 'El' (1953); it's simply the portrait of a paranoiac, who, like a poet, is born, not made. Afterwards, he increasingly perceives reality according to his obsession, until everything in his life revolves around it."

— Luis Buñuel pic.twitter.com/w0WwuVBShT

— DepressedBergman (@DannyDrinksWine) October 7, 2024

El has never been issued on any US DVD or Blu-ray.