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Jean-Claude Brialy,
Monica Vitti,
Paul Frankeur,
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Luis Buņuel
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: Criterion
: Foreign, Black Comedy, France, Experimental/Avant-Garde, Criterion Collection
: 104 min.
: French
: English
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One of Luis Buņuel's most episodic films, The Phantom of Liberty focuses on no one particular narrative. In the beginning, a man sells postcards of French tourist attractions, calling them "pornographic." A sniper in Montparnasse is hailed as a hero for killing passersby. A "missing" child helps the police fill out the report on her. A group of monks play poker, using religious medallions as chips, and in the most infamous sequence, a formally dressed social group gathers at toilets around a table, occasionally excusing themselves to go into little stalls in a private room to eat. ~ John Voorhees, All Movie Guide
Features:
- Video introduction by screenwriter Jean-Claude Carričre
- Original theatrical trailer
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| At Last!
by randomcha
May 3, 2005 - 7:00 PM PDT
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3 out of 6 members found this review helpful
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| Hooray! Bunuel's most audacious comedy, finally on DVD! Plotless & brilliant, the film segues from character to character, free-associating between absurd scenarious with bone dry humor. Or, as Bunuel himself used to say, "Thank God I'm an atheist!" |
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