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QUAD CINEMA

THURS 4/10 @ 3PM

SUR-REAL: FANTASY & VISION IN IBERO-AMERICAN CINEMA

THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL

EL ÁNGEL EXTERMINADOR

Fiction

Director:

Luis Buñuel

Year:

1962

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

Mexico

After a dinner party at the Nóbile mansion, the guests find out that, for inexplicable reasons, they cannot leave the place. As the situation continues for several days, politeness gives way to the most primitive and brutal survival instinct. A parable about the decomposition of a social class closed in on itself.

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Después de una cena en la mansión de los Nóbile, los invitados descubren que, por razones inexplicables, no pueden salir del lugar. Al prolongarse la situación durante varios días, la cortesía en el trato deja paso al más primitivo y brutal instinto de supervivencia. Una parábola sobre la descomposición de una clase social encerrada en sí misma. 

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Luis Buñuel

Luis Buñuel (1900–1983) was a Spanish and Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians and directors to be one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. Buñuel's works were known for their avant-garde surrealism which were also infused with political commentary. Often associated with the surrealist movement of the 1920s, Buñuel's career spanned the 1920s through the 1970s. He collaborated with prolific surrealist painter Salvador Dali on Un Chien Andalou (1929) and L'Age d'Or (1930). Both films are considered masterpieces of surrealist cinema. From 1947 to 1960, he honed his skills as a director in Mexico, making grounded and human melodramas such as Gran Casino (1947), Los Olvidados (1950) and Él (1953). Here is where he gained the fundamentals of storytelling.

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Luis Buñuel Portolés (1900-1983) fue un cineasta español y mexicano quien trabajó en Francia, México y España. Ha sido considerado por muchos críticos de cine, historiadores y directores como uno de los mejores cineastas e influyentes de todos los tiempos. Las obras de Buñuel eran conocidas por su surrealismo vanguardista, también infundió comentarios políticos. A menudo asociado con el movimiento surrealista en los 1920’s, la carrera de Buñuel abarcó desde 1920 hasta los 1970’s. Colaboró con el prolífico pintor surrealista Salvador Dali en Un Chien Andalou (1929) y L’Age d’Or (1930). Ambas películas son consideradas obras maestras del cine surrealista. Entre 1947 y 1960, perfeccionó sus habilidades como director en México, realizando melodrama humanistas y profundas como Gran Casino (1947), Los Olvidados (1950) y Él (1953). Fue aquí donde adquirió los fundamentos del arte de contar historias.

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