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Information
- A.k.a.
- L'Age d'Or
- Year
- 1930
- Runtime
- 60 min.
- Director
- Luis Buñuel
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Rating *
- 7.3
- Votes *
- 10,750
- Checks
- 4,230
- Favs
- 251
- Dislikes
- 71
- Favs/checks
- 5.9% (1:17)
- Favs/dislikes
- 4:1
Top comments
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mi-16evil
Oh Bunuel. Only you could make a brilliant attack against the bourgeoisie and religion and still fill your movie with visual poop jokes and blowjob humor. I love that crazy Spaniard! 10 years 8 months ago -
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the3rdman
Surprisingly hilarious once I got into it. It's no wonder this offended people, especially in 1930. Bunuel surrounds a relatively linear narrative of thwarted lust with various attacks on church, state, the upper crust, and especially middlebrow bourgeois values. The latter remains quite effective, as forced social mores are trampled underfoot by Bunuel's rampant id unleashed. Such affronts to public decency as the gunning down of an (obnoxious) child for a minor offence, the punting of a yapping puppy and an unprovoked assault on a blind man reveal the subconscious terrain of impulse, desire and rage that the surrealists found so inspiring. And yet there is a lingering thread of fatigue, absurdity and fruitlessness to it all; inspiration and desire are as often (if not more) thwarted as fulfilled. This is my first time watching L'âge d'or, and it definitely seems like a film that demands repeat viewings in order to derive deeper significance from it. Be that as it may, it's still a joy to watch. 9 years 8 months ago
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