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L'Âge d'or
Series: BFI Film Classics
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Paul Hammond's study offers a remarkable and intuitive reading, combining a detailed account of the film's extraordinary production with a dazzling interpretation of its aesthetic and political depth, celebrating a major landmark in world cinema.
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Ideal for enthusiasts of Surrealist art, cinema history scholars, and readers interested in pioneering film studies and cultural critique.
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One of the greatest collaborations in cinema history, L'Âge d'Or (1930) united the geniuses of Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali in creating a Surrealist masterpiece. This film is a uniquely savage blend of visual poetry and social criticism. It was banned and vilified for many years in various countries, becoming legendary for its subversive eroticism and its furious dissection of 'civilised' values.
In a remarkable, intuitive reading of L'Âge d'Or, Paul Hammond interweaves a detailed account of the extraordinary circumstances of its production with a dazzling interpretation of its aesthetic and political nuances. At once authoritative and polemical, this study is entirely in tune with its subject, serving as a fitting celebration of a major landmark in world cinema.
Series: BFI Film Classics
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George Melly describes it as "a lovely book" and "a sharp new look at a great old film," highlighting its insightful reinterpretation.
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ISBN: 9781839021831
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 November 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: BFI Publishing
Edition: 2nd edition
Illustration: 60 bw illus
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 8.0mm
Width: 134.0mm
Height: 188.0mm
Weight: 145g
Pages: 88
About the Author
Paul Hammond is a writer, painter and translator. He is the author of Marvellous Melies, the compiler (with Ian Breakwell) of Seeing in the Dark: A Compendium of Cinemagoing and the editor of The Shadow and its Shadow: Surrealist Writing on the Cinema. He lives in Barcelona.
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