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Luis Buñuel
A Life in Letters
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This book will captivate film scholars, students of Surrealism, and admirers of 20th-century cinema, as well as readers interested in the lives and creative minds behind influential cultural icons.
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PROSE Award for Excellence in Media and Cultural Studies Finalist 2020
Luis Buñuel: A Life in Letters provides access for the first time to an annotated English-language version of around 750 of the most important and most widely relevant of these letters.
Buñuel (1900-1983) came to international attention with his first films, Un Chien Andalou (with Dalí, 1929) and L’Âge d’Or (1930): two surprisingly avant-garde productions that established his position as the undisputed master of Surrealist filmmaking.
He went on to make 30 full-length features in France, the US, and Mexico, and consolidated his international reputation with a Palme d’Or for Viridiana in 1961, and an Academy Award in 1973 for The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.
He corresponded with some of the most famous writers, directors, actors, and artists of his generation, and the list of these correspondents reads like a roll call of major twentieth-century cultural icons: Fellini, Truffaut, Vigo, Aragon, Dalí, Unik - and yet none of this material has been accessible outside specialist archives and a very small number of publications in Spanish and French.
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Praised as a magnificent contribution to Buñuel studies, this collection is heralded by Cineaste Magazine as a gift of essential Buñueliana. Sight & Sound highlights its insight into Buñuel's innovative filmmaking and enduring optimism. News Four calls it a superb gathering of his most significant letters, while Peter W describes it as witty, humorous, and essential for cinema enthusiasts.
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ISBN: 9781501312588
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 October 2019
Country: United States
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Illustration: 107 bw illus
Contributors:
- Edited by Jo Evans
- Edited by Breixo Viejo
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 36.0mm
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 980g
Pages: 640
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About the Author
Jo Evans is Senior Lecturer in the School of European Languages, Culture and Society at University College London, UK. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on Spanish film and Hispanic literature, and is the author of books on the Franco Regime poet Ángela Figuera Aymerich and on the Spanish director Julio Medem.
Breixo Viejo is Senior Research Associate in the School of European Languages, Culture and Society at University College London, UK. He has published numerous articles and books chapters on film and is the author of monographs on film music and Jim Jarmusch, and editions on Samuel Beckett and Francisco Aranda.
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