#0000E/#102: BUÑUEL, Luis: The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie (1972)

BUÑUEL, Luis (France)
The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie [1972]
Spine #0000E/#102
DVD/Blu-ray
OOP



In Luis Buñuel's deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined. Fernando Rey, Stéphane Audran, Delphine Seyrig, and Jean-Pierre Cassel head the extraordinary cast of this 1972 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film. On the occasion of Buñuel's 100th birthday, Criterion is proud to present The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie in an exclusive Special-Edition double-disc set.

101 minutes
Color
Monaural
in French
1:66:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2000
Director/Writers


Screenplay by Luis Buñuel with the collaboration of Jean-Claude Carrière.

Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

#102: Eight-page wraparound featuring an essay by Carlos Fuentes, and an excerpt from My Last Sigh, by Buñuel.

#0000E: Fifty-six page booklet featuring an essay by Adrian Martin; novelist and critic Gary Indiana; and Interviews with Luis Buñuel by José de la Colina and Tomás Pérez Turrent.

Commentary

None.

#0000E/#102:

El náufrago de la calle de Providencia (The Castaway on the Street of Providence)

A 1970 24-minute documentary homage to Buñuel by his longtime friends Arturo Ripstein and Rafael Castanedo.

A propósito de Buñuel (Speaking of Buñuel)

A 2000 98-minute documentary on the life and work of Buñuel by Jose Luis López-Linares and Javier Rioyo.

Buñuel filmography

Original theatrical trailer

#0000E:

Once Upon a Time: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

A 2011 television program about the making of the film.

Archival interviews

Featuring Carrière, actors Stéphane Audran, Muni, Michel Piccoli, and Fernando Rey; and other key collaborators.

Documentary

From 1985 about producer Serge Silberman, who worked with Buñuel on five of his final seven films.

Portrait of an Impatient Filmmaker, Luis Buñuel

A 2012 documentary featuring director of photography Edmond Richard and assistant director Pierre Lary.

Trailers

Extras Rating (0-40):

39

60 + 39 =

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