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  “Cinéastes de notre temps”: Luis Buñuel

  “Cinéastes de notre temps”: Luis Buñuel

  On April 4, 1964, the French television series “Cinéastes de notre temps” presented an episode on filmmaker Luis Buñuel, directed by Robert Valey and produced by Jeanine Bazin and André S. Labarthe. The following are edited excerpts.

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  Robinson Crusoe

  Robinson Crusoe

  Directed by Luis Buñuel • 1954 • United States, Mexico
  Starring Dan O’Herlihy

  Master director Luis Buñuel’s first color film (and first of only two he made in English) is a fascinating, unjustly neglected adaptation of Daniel Defoe’s classic survival novel. His take on the story—in which the epo...

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  Viridiana

  Viridiana

  Directed by Luis Buñuel • 1961 • Spain
  Starring Silvia Pinal, Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal

  Banned in Spain and denounced by the Vatican, Luis Buñuel’s irreverent vision of life as a beggar’s banquet is regarded by many as his masterpiece. In it, novice nun Viridiana does her utmost to maintain ...