{"product_id":"luis-bunuel-9781501312588","title":"Luis Buñuel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePROSE Award for Excellence in Media and Cultural Studies Finalist 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLuis Buñuel: A Life in Letters\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBuñuel (1900-1983) came to international attention with his first films, \u003cem\u003eUn Chien Andalou\u003c\/em\u003e (with Dalí, 1929) and \u003cem\u003eL’Âge d’Or\u003c\/em\u003e (1930): two surprisingly avant-garde productions that established his position as the undisputed master of Surrealist filmmaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe 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 \u003cem\u003eViridiana\u003c\/em\u003e in 1961, and an Academy Award in 1973 for \u003cem\u003eThe Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596799394028,"sku":"9781501312588","price":117.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781501312588-luis-bu-uel.jpg?v=1777942580","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/luis-bunuel-9781501312588","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}