In this interview, conducted in August of 2005, “Cinéaste” editor Richard Porton discusses VIRIDIANA both in terms of Luis Buñuel’s style and in the context of the director’s return to his native Spain.
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.