AVANTGARDE FILM CULTURE
Luis Buñuel

Canon Director

Luis Buñuel

Surreal provocation and anti-bourgeois wit.

Canonical Canon Masters Spain / Mexico / France Surrealism 1900-1983

Luis Buñuel carried surrealism into a long, corrosive career devoted to desire, religion, class, and social ritual. His cinema remains a model of how subversion can be both elegant and devastatingly funny.

Un Chien AndalouLos OlvidadosViridianaThe Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

No archive films are currently linked here yet; these touchstones define the canon entry.

Editorial Selection

Recommended Editions

A restrained viewing shelf for tracing the director across periods, tones, and formal signatures.

Edition

Luis Buñuel Collection

A curated starting point for moving from the canon entry back into sustained viewing.

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