In Reply to: Foreign film snobs, come blacken my eyes . . . posted by albee33 on January 22, 2004 at 20:09:27:
and definitely not a good introduction to his work, a self indulgent snapshot of a society that by 1972 was going the way of the dodo, it was dated even then
Belle de Jour with Catherine Deneuve I would recommend as his best known and most accessible film, The Exterminating Angel and That Obscure Object of Desire his masterpieces but still an acquired taste; dont expect Hitchcock or Indy Jones in either
If you only ever watch one more Bunuel film, make it Belle de Jour!
Graham
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