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Plot: Six wealthy people gather for a dinner party but never manage to sit down and eat.
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MCT:July 11, 2008
Una cena entre amigos que siempre se frustra por alguna razón, es el motor de la trama en El Discreto Encanto de la Burguesía (1972), inclasificable filme de Luis Buñuel protagonizado nada menos que por su actor preferido, el también español Fernando Rey. La película pertenece a su etapa francesa y en ella el maestro aragonés dirigía su punzante mirada crítica a la aristocrática clase política y diplomática, a partir de un básico thriller de suspenso.
Fernando Rey, estupendo como siempre, es el cínico y confiado embajador de Miranda, un imaginario país situado, según se afirma, en Sudamérica, perseguido por una organización terrorista y traficante de drogas. Alrededor de esta fantasiosa región, no deja de sentirse un regusto crítico hacia el franquismo y su política exterior.
Sin estar a la altura de otras grandes obras del maestro aragonés, la película es subversiva en su discurso político y, al mismo tiempo, en su estilo narrativo, un desconcertante y surrealista juego de ?muñecas rusas? que no deja inmune a casi ninguno de sus personajes. Todos ellos parecen quedar atrapados en una red onírica de pesadillas, que se renueva una y otra vez, o en una desolada carretera por la cual vagan como almas errantes, tal vez sin rumbo o tal vez hacia el ?más allá?.
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MCT:July 3, 2008want to see this because it won best foreign-language film at the oscars and best picture with the NSFC
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MCT:June 23, 2008More hilarity and weirdness from Don Luis. Similar concept as The Exterminating Angel, but more mannered and structurally loose. And that ending!
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MCT:June 11, 2008
Une satyre sociale hilarante de la classe bourgeoise. Fidèle à lui-même, Buñuel est complètement surréaliste et déroutant. Le film n'a aucune intrigue à proprement parler, aucun véritable fil conducteur, mais on s'abandonne vite à cet enchevêtrement de situations et d'humour absurdes au possible. Le rythme lent et la construction décousue du long métrage en endormiront plus d'un, mais d'autres seront comblés; il va sans dire que ce n'est pas pour tout le monde, mais en ce qui me concerne, j'ai beaucoup aimé, et beaucoup ri!
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MCT:April 8, 2008Ok this is getting a bit pretentious now....this film I don't fully understand but I like it. It's one of those films where stuff happens and then you think 'oh that's where so and so got the idea of etc from', just a really bizarre and eccentric film. Want to see more of this director's films...
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MCT:December 8, 2007
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is completely surreal and completely solid simultaneously. There is no way to tell what is real and what is a dream, or even who is dreaming, since dreams are nested within dreams. The film is punctuated by shots of the main characters walking down a featureless road, with no indication of where they are going or how long they must travel. The strangest things happen and are accepted without question. I found it fascinating.
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MCT:November 16, 2007
Such a bizarre movie...I get sucked into watching it occassionally....not much of a plot really, but that's not the point....it shows the lives of the characters and their subconscious desires in a very interesting and unique way....very well done. I read a review a few years ago where the critic said that this one hasn't aged all that well, but I still love watching it....there's a strong sardonic sense of humor throughout that makes me laugh almost every time I watch it & the movie still holds together.
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MCT:October 13, 2007
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MCT:October 7, 2007
¡Y qué decir sobre uno de los mejores filmes de Don Luis Buñuel!
Con surrealismo a todo lo que da, el Maestro Buñuel nos regala una comedia de humor negro que satiriza el estilo de vida de la sociedad burguesa, presentando no sólo sus puntos de vista, sino también el de el resto de la población no burguesa.
La trama es sencilla: 3 parejas rtatan de reunirse para cenar en repetidas ocasiones, sin lograrlo, ya que son interumpidos por eventos tanto reales como imaginarios. Con actuaciones estupendas, una bella fotografía, y el genialísimo guión, Buñuel nos da una obra de arte.
Luis Buñuel's my new hero.
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MCT:September 19, 2007
Buñuel sets a bizarre and hilarious surreal black comedy about a bunch of decadent living deads. as usual, full of surprises from start to finish.
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MCT:September 16, 2007
Buñuel nos envuelve en una situación rídicula, surreal, mordaz y altamente criticable, en donde un grupo de 6 personas de la alta sociedad con actitudes cuestionables, por alguna u otra extraña razón , no pueden disfrutar de una cena.
Entre estas personas hay un padrecito que si no esta en su traje nadie lo respeta.
Los sueños dentro de sueños, la burguesia y sus manejos tan exéntricos, una comedia magistral, que pone en el ojo del huracán, como anteriormente había hecho con "El ángel exterminador" a la clase fina.
Sólo les puedo decir que cuando vean esta cinta quedarán encantados con el mundo de Buñuel.
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MCT:August 26, 2007"Six wealthy people gather for a dinner party but never manage to sit down and eat."
Now that could mean a number of things...
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MCT:July 18, 2007This is my 3rd Luis Bunuel film in as many months, after Viridiana and Exterminating Angel, and I'm lost as a goose. Am I missing something? I keep expecting these films to wrap things up at the end, not necessarily normally but with some kind of closure. But all these seem like they ended because Bunuel just ran out of film and said "OK. That's good enough." I keep feeling like I fell asleep during the film and woke up just before the end. I keep reading that these films are hilarious. I don't find scenes of ghosts and revenge killings and bloodied bodies particularly mirthful. Can somebody help me "get it"?
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MCT:July 15, 2007
kind of a black comedy, with some subtle historical hints. easy to watch, though at one point in kinda gets annoying with the repetition of events. but a good film, done in a very original style, with Bunuel's typically insane, torturing situations.
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MCT:July 6, 2007
Bunuel is simply a master of the cinema, pulling out marvelous subversions without having to resort to cheap tricks or empty stunts. His films always get you a little off-balance, just enough to help you see how "unsane" the normal world generally is. This is one of his more accessible masterpieces, full of classic, timeless scenes. (They may not seem that way at first viewing, but once you see them, observe how they stick in your memory.)
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MCT:June 7, 2007
Don Rafael Costa, embajador de Miranda, y el matrimonio Thévenot están invitados a cenar en casa del matrimonio Sénechal, pero hay una confusión y los cinco deben ir a un restaurante. Al llegar se dan cuenta de que no podrán cenar porque el dueño del lugar ha muerto. A partir de este momento, las reuniones entre este selecto grupo de burgueses se verán interrumpidas por una serie de eventos extraordinarios, algunos reales y otros producto de la imaginación de los personajes.
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MCT:May 25, 2007Had I been born a generation earlier, Bunuel might have been my favorite filmmaker (well, after Kubrick).
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MCT:May 15, 2007
My favorite from Buñuel. The plot sounds incredibly simple. Believe me it's not. Also includes some of the most terrifying nightmare sequences I've ever seen.
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