L'âge d'or (1930)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Luis Buñuel

Writers:

Luis Buñuel (scenario) and
Salvador Dalí (scenario)

Release Date:

1 November 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Comedy | Fantasy

Tagline:

Banned for over 50 years [Australia Theatrical]

Plot:

Bunuel's first feature has more of a plot than Un Chien Andalou, but it's still a pure Surrealist film...

Plot Keywords:

Fire | Socialite | Bishop | Controversy | Bizarre

Cast

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)

Also Known As:

Âge d'or (France) (alternative spelling)
Age of Gold (International: English title) (literal title)
La bête andalouse (France) (working title)
The Golden Age (USA)

Runtime:

60 min | USA:63 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

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)

Filming Locations:

Billancourt Studios - 50 Quai du Pont-du-Jour, Paris 16, Paris, France

Company:

Vicomte de Noailles

Trivia:

This film opens with a documentary on scorpions. This was an actual film made in 1912 which Luis Bunuel added commentary.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón (2001)

Soundtrack:

The Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave), Op. 26

The age of gold? ha...

I'm not sure if I'm qualified to comment on this film, being that I'm not a film student and never have been, and I'm not one that reads all kinds of things that may or not be into what I'm seeing. However, I'll give this my best shot. This is an incredibly weird film from 1930 and I loved it. It's full of black humor, and it's got some rather kinky bits that one would not expect to see in a film from that particular era, like a woman sucking on the toes of a statue? The film begins with something like an educational film on scorpions, and then moves on from there. If you're looking for someone to tell you what this film is about, find someone else, because I couldn't honestly tell you, but personally I didn't care because I just sat back and marveled at this bizarre piece of work. It's only about an hour long but it is a wonderful way to spend an hour, but I think the last bit is something that may be offensive to some, blasphemy, I think the word is, but didn't bother me...9 out of 10, incredible for the era in which it was made.