"A Slice of Buñuel": An exclusive interview/documentary featuring Buñuel's son, Juan-Luis Epilogue: Dali & Buñuel bonus interview Audio commentary by surrealism expert Stephen Barber, author of "Antonin Artaud: Blows and Bombs" Mystery of Cinema abridged transcript of speech given by Luis Buñuel in 1953 Dave McKean graphic design and statement Audio: DD2
Genre: Avant-garde / Exp Release Date: 12/28/2004 Sound: DD2 Run Time: 17 Minutes Flags: Not For Children Distributor/Studio: Transflux Films
Fledging director Luis Buñuel and painter Salvador Dali create this ultimate surrealist film, which is essentially a barrage of striking and irrational images designed to shock and provoke. During the course of the film, we witness a close-up of a woman's eye being slashed open with a razor; a man dragging a piano, two bishops, and a pair of rotting asses across a room; ants swarming around a hole in a man's palm; and sundry severed limbs and gratuitous slayings. Though this was originally a silent film, Buñuel later added a recorded score consisting of Liebestod from Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde and a number of popular tangos of the time.
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