The films of Luis Buñuel
Subtitle: subjectivity and desire
By: Peter William Evans.
Series: Oxford Hispanic studies
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Buñuel, Luis, 1900-  -- Criticism and interpretation.
Description: This is a major new study of the films of Luis Bunuel, Surrealist scourge of the bourgeoisie and enduring influence on European cinema.

Uniquely, the book offers an extended analysis of Bunuel's films in the context of contemporary debates in film studies, focusing in particular on questions of subjectivity and desire. Throughout, Bunuel's films are viewed as both the brilliant, subversive expressions of the director's fantasies and obsessions and as reflections of wider cultural norms and preoccupations.

Making use of psychoanalysis and gender theory, Peter Evans explores Bunuel's characteristic thematics of transgression and his status as exile or outsider. The whole range of his work is discussed, from the critically neglected 'bread and butter' Mexican melodramas of the 1950s to such classics of European cinema as The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, That Obscure Object of Desire, and Belle de Jour.

. Accessible, lively, and compelling, The Films of Luis Bunuel provides a much needed revaluation of one of the world's greatest film-makers.
Notes: Filmography: p. [178]-189.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-197) and index.