“Failing to Finish”: The Peculiar Place of Él within Buñuel’s Oeuvre
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2014.
Sujet(s) : Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : “Failing to finish...” is a recurring motif in Buñuel’s films. In Él (released in the US as This Strange Passion), the hero himself is unable to make love. This debility originates in the opening scene, when he falls in love at first sight in a church, his desire being marked by social prohibition and divided between high and low (the woman’s feet, the Virgin Mary). Buñuel’s genius lies in his invention of appropriate cinematographic forms to represent (rather than illustrate) this case of paranoiac jealousy, thus allowing the spectator to identify both with the sick jealousy of the man and the suffering of the woman. The name Buñuel contains “Él,” and there is much of Luis in the character of Francisco.
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“Failing to finish...” is a recurring motif in Buñuel’s films. In Él (released in the US as This Strange Passion), the hero himself is unable to make love. This debility originates in the opening scene, when he falls in love at first sight in a church, his desire being marked by social prohibition and divided between high and low (the woman’s feet, the Virgin Mary). Buñuel’s genius lies in his invention of appropriate cinematographic forms to represent (rather than illustrate) this case of paranoiac jealousy, thus allowing the spectator to identify both with the sick jealousy of the man and the suffering of the woman. The name Buñuel contains “Él,” and there is much of Luis in the character of Francisco.
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