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French screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière talks about his experience working with director Luis Buñuel on the 1972 surrealist film, “The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie”–which was re-released in the United Kingdom in 2012. Carrière mentions how coincidentally, on the day the two of them came up with the title of the movie, the French New Wave director, Jean-Luc Godard, passed away. Carrière goes into how French filmmaker Jacques Tati got his foot in the door of cinema before he worked with Buñuel. He remembers how Buñuel’s first question to him was if he drank and enjoyed wine as a means to find common ground with him before deciding to work with Carrière.

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His Colleague: ‘Working with Buñuel Was Living with Buñuel’ appeared first on Witnify.

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Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel is asked why he decided to make movies as a way to express himself instead of writing or painting. Buñuel humorously describes his terrible talent for both writing and painting even if he is very good at self-expression via images. When further questioned if he would have gone into a career in acting, Buñuel defines the acting profession as a “nuisance but it’s well paid” because it is such an easy job that requires little work. While this video has no sound, captions transcribing the interview are provided.

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Why Buñuel Dislikes Acting & Went into Filmmaking appeared first on Witnify.

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In this audio reaching, Spanish director Luis Buñuel talks about working with artist Salvador Dalí on the 1929 silent surrealist short film, “Un Chien Andalou.” He describes the intense and long process of coming up with the images that would be in the film with the help of Dalí. The film was financed by Buñuel’s mother. Buñuel describes his nerves before the ultimately well-received opening of “Un Chien Andalou,” which was attended by many well-known people such as Le Corbusier, Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau.

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Making ‘Un Chien Andalou’ & Buñuel’s Entry into the Surrealist Clique appeared first on Witnify.