A surrealist film, a pseudo-documentary portrait of Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain where civilisation has barely developed, showing how the local peasants try to survive without even the most basic utilities and skills..
Luis Buñuel, Pierre Unik, Rafael Sánchez Ventura
Spain
Is it worth your time? If you have a weak stomach, skip it. If you want to see how cinema can be used to poke a stick into the eye of the viewer, put this on. It’s short, only about thirty minutes, but it feels like it lasts for hours. It isn't a film you 'enjoy' in the traditional sense. It's more of an experience you...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Luis Buñuel
Charley Chase
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a weak stomach, skip it. If you want to see how cinema can be used to poke a stick into the eye of the viewer, put this on. It’s short, only about thirty minutes, but it feels like it lasts for hours. It isn't a film you 'enjoy' in the traditional sense. It's more of an experience you survive. The narration is… something else The narrator sounds incredibly detached, almost bored, while describing the most horrific things imaginable. It creates this weird, icy ..."
Short, Documentary
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