Luis Buñuel

Also known as

Luis Bunuel,
Bunuel

Luis Buñuel Portolés (February 22, 1900 – July 29, 1983) was a Spanish-born filmmaker and naturalized Mexica who worked mainly in Mexico and France, but also in his native Spain and in the United States. He is considered one of Mexico's finest directors, and one of the most important directors in the history of cinema. Buñuel was born in Calanda, province of Teruel in the autonomous community of Aragón, Spain. His parents were Leonardo Buñuel and María Portolés; he had two brothers, Alfonso... full article at wikipedia

Write new description for Freebase.com

Add a type

People

Person

12 empty fields

Gender

Male

Edit	Date of birth

Feb 22, 1900

Edit	Place of birth

Country of nationality

detail view »

Mexico,
Spain

Profession

Religion

detail view »

Atheism

Ethnicity

Parents

Children

Siblings

Spouse (or domestic partner)

Employment history

Education

Height

Weight

Quotations

In any society, the artist has a responsibility. His effectiveness is certainly limited and a painter or writer cannot change the world. But they can keep an essential margin of non-conformity alive. Thanks to them the powerful can never affirm that everyone agrees with their acts. That small difference is important.

All my life I've been harassed by questions: Why is something this way and not another? How do you account for that? This rage to understand, to fill in the blanks, only makes life more banal. If we could only find the courage to leave our destiny to chance, to accept the fundamental mystery of our lives, then we might be closer to the sort of happiness that comes with innocence.

Fortunately, somewhere between chance and mystery lies imagination, the only thing that protects our freedom, despite the fact that people keep trying to reduce it or kill it off altogether.

In the name of Hippocrates, doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival.

If alcohol is queen, then tobacco is her consort. It's a fond companion for all occasions, a loyal friend through fair weather and foul. People smoke to celebrate a happy moment, or to hide a bitter regret. Whether you're alone or with friends, it's a joy for all the senses. What lovelier sight is there than that double row of white cigarettes, lined up like soldiers on parade and wrapped in silver paper? I love to touch the pack in my pocket, open it, savor the feel of the cigarette between my fingers, the paper on my lips, the taste of tobacco on my tongue. I love to watch the flame spurt up, love to watch it come closer and closer, filling me with its warmth.

Tobacco and alcohol, delicious fathers of abiding friendships and fertile reveries.

A paranoiac, like a poet, is born, not made.

I can only wait for the final amnesia, the one that can erase an entire life.

You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realize that memory is what makes our lives. Life without memory is no life at all, just as an intelligence without the possibility of expression is not really an intelligence. Our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. Without it, we are nothing.

The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.

detail view » more

Places lived

Deceased Person

5 empty fields

Edit	Date of death

Jul 29, 1983

Edit	Place of death

Mexico City

Cause of death

Edit	Date of cremation

Place of cremation

Edit	Date of burial

Place of burial

Film

Film actor

1 empty field

Film performances

film
Un chien andalou
Llanto por un bandido
detail view »

Film dubbing performances

Film director

0 empty fields

Films directed

film	initial release date
Belle de jour	May 24, 1967
Diary of a Chambermaid	Mar 4, 1964
El ángel exterminador	1962
L'Âge d'Or	Nov 29, 1930
Le fantôme de la liberté	1974
Los olvidados	Dec 9, 1950
That Obscure Object of Desire	Aug 17, 1977
Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie	Sep 15, 1972
La Joven	1960
Tristana	Mar 29, 1970
detail view » more

Film producer

0 empty fields

Films Produced

film	initial release date
Tristana	Mar 29, 1970
Un chien andalou	Jun 26, 1929
Las Hurdes: Tierra Sin Pan	Dec 1933
España 1936	1937
detail view »

Film writer

0 empty fields

Film writing credits

film	initial release date
Belle de jour	May 24, 1967
Diary of a Chambermaid	Mar 4, 1964
El ángel exterminador	1962
L'Âge d'Or	Nov 29, 1930
La Chute de la maison Usher	Oct 5, 1928
Le fantôme de la liberté	1974
Los olvidados	Dec 9, 1950
That Obscure Object of Desire	Aug 17, 1977
Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie	Sep 15, 1972
La Joven	1960
detail view » more

Film editor

0 empty fields

Films edited

film	initial release date
Un chien andalou	Jun 26, 1929
Las Hurdes: Tierra Sin Pan	Dec 1933
detail view »

Film music contributor

0 empty fields

Film music credits

film	initial release date
L'Âge d'Or	Nov 29, 1930
detail view »

With the exception of Wikipedia summaries and some images the content on this page is typically distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution license or Public Domain.

The original description for this topic was automatically generated from the Wikipedia article "Luis Buñuel" licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.

Some quotations for Luis Buñuel on this page were provided by QuotationsBook.com.

Topic History

Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006

Last edited by mw_template_bot Jul 19, 2008

Gallery	add an image	edit gallery

Map

Loading map...

Edit Weblinks

Wikipedia split

Recent Discussions about Luis Buñuel

There are no conversations on this topic. Would you like to start one?

Start the Discussion