I believe that sooner or later we will see the annihilation angel in reality

Jedidiah 2022-10-18 02:28:24

Why is Buñuel a magical director? Because I'm writing this review while watching the movie, and just finished writing the title, it's like I've seen a ghost: spilled water glass, computer freezes, there's a lot of noise outside, all of which is like it's from Buñuel's It's the same thing that came out of the silver screen, and now I see these dignitaries killing sheep, praying, and discussing the plot of someone to sacrifice.

If you don't admit that Buñuel is the greatest director of all time, then you have to admit that he can do what the greatest director of all time can't. Only Buñuel can elicit the most absurd and inexplicable behavior through the language of one camera after another, a bear breaking into a banquet, and then everyone is still talking crazy in earnest; strange hands and prayers The passages are seamless; the sissy says a lady combing her hair is ugly, sparking a conflict, and all these 1930s Parisian coffeehouse surrealist brains come to Buñuel's lens like a meal Drinking water is like no trace. Buñuel is a world champion who grotesques the mundane, and there are no words to describe Buñuel's extraordinary talent for expressing neuroses and hallucinations.

In the end, I couldn't tell whether I was dreaming or not. It was not the characters but the audience, because each character began to repeat the previous lines, and then formatted themselves, and finally rushed out of the room smoothly, shutting the audience inside and continuing to be clueless. . Every frame of the film seems to imitate some kind of distorted ritual, you can call it semiotic or not, but the final shot in the street is a bit out of place.

A lot of bad articles must say that this film is a mockery of the bourgeoisie and the church. I'd love to know how the cast of this film saw it and how they acted, and I don't want to comment on anything until then. All I know is that this is a genius movie from a genius, one of the few movies that shocked and delighted me.

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Extended Reading
  • Rodolfo 2022-06-13 21:21:01

    A mirror image of The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. Representing the Spanish ruling class, they celebrated their victory over the working class with a feast, only to discover that the feast would never end. These people are imprisoned in their own bourgeois cul-de-sac. Of course, Buñuel never shows his political symbols to much fanfare, and the film is just an unusually dry comedy that is best explained by its lack of explanation.

  • Rickey 2022-06-13 20:35:28

    1. [The prudent charm of the bourgeoisie] Prelude (no food to eat vs no food to leave), but less cinematic and less free. 2. Not only ridicules the middle class and Catholics, but also self-imprisonment and even cocooning is a magical barrier that is difficult for mortals to break through. 3. Surreal omens with two banquets and repeated introductions. 4. Chicken feet in handbags, nightmares of crawling with broken hands, breaking water pipes to grab water, bears and slaughtered lambs. 5. The recovery of the church and the shooting of the military and police ended. (8.5/10)

The Exterminating Angel quotes

  • Raúl: You led us into this trap. You made us the butt of this cruel joke.

    Edmundo Nobile: I have, my friend? By inviting you to dinner? By opening my doors to you?

    Raúl: Exactly. You called us one by one to come for dinner after the opera. Such a cordial invitation. "I'd be honored if you would..." et cetera. We could have been sound asleep at home or in some brothel, instead of here.

  • Sergio Russell: I'm happy that I won't see the extermination.