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Director:
Writers:
Luis Buñuel (scenario) and
Salvador Dalí (scenario)
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Release Date:
1 November 1979 (USA) more
Tagline:
Banned for over 50 years [Australia Theatrical] more
Plot:
Bunuel's first feature has more of a plot than Un Chien Andalou, but it's still a pure Surrealist film... more | add synopsis
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A bit of a step down for Buñuel more (44 total)

Cast

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Gaston Modot ... The Man
Lya Lys ... Young Girl
Caridad de Laberdesque ... Chambermaid and Little Girl
Max Ernst ... Leader of men in cottage
Josep Llorens Artigas ... Governor
Lionel Salem ... Duke of Blangis
Germaine Noizet ... Marquise
Duchange ... Conductor
Bonaventura Ibáñez ... Marquis (as Ibanez)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Âge d'or (France) (alternative spelling)
Age of Gold (International: English title) (literal title)
La bête andalouse (France) (working title)
The Age of Gold (International: English title)
The Golden Age (USA)
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Runtime:
60 min | USA:63 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Tobis-Klangfilm)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Finland:K-16 | Portugal:(Banned) (1930-1974) | Argentina:16 | UK:15 (2003 re-rating) | UK:AA (1980 release)

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Trivia:
This film opens with a documentary on scorpions. This was an actual film made in 1912 which Luis Bunuel added commentary. more
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Soundtrack:
Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67 - iii. Allegro more

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4 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
A bit of a step down for Buñuel, 21 April 2008
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Author: trixster7 from Edmonton, Canada

I loved Un Chien Andalou. Like, really, really loved. There was something about its utterly bizarre surrealism and total lack of any semblance of a plot that really struck a cord with me. So I couldn't help but be slightly disappointed by this.

Don't get me wrong, it has its fair share of wonderfully surreal imagery and truly unique moments, but it couldn't match the delicious randomness of Buñuel's earlier work. I think because it's too focused on telling a story, and subsequently mocking the Church and bourgeois society, to truly embrace its surrealist mentality. There's flashes of it, like the cow on the bed or throwing the bishop out the window, but, for the most part, it's far too concerned with making fun of stuff to actually be weird or artsy or even that interesting.

Still, it's worth a look. There's a lot of worthwhile stuff here - even if it is masked by overtly satirical material - and it's a breeze to get through. And the woman fellating the statue's toes is bizarrely erotic and not something you're likely to find in a film of the 30s, no matter how surreal it is.

For fans of Buñuel only, I think.

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