Luis Bunuel - A Life in Letters

Luis Bunuel: A Life in Letters provides access for the first time to an annotated English-language version of around 250 of the most important and most widely relevant of these letters. Bunuel (1900-1983) came to international attention with his first films, Un Chien Andalou (with Dali, 1929) and L'Age d'Or (1930): two surprisingly avant-garde productions that established his position as the undisputed master of Surrealist filmmaking. He went on to make 30 full-length features in France, the US and Mexico, and consolidated his international reputation with a Palme d'Or for Viridiana in 1961, and an Academy Award in 1973 for The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie . He corresponded with some of the most famous writers, directors, actors and artists of his generation and the list of these correspondents reads like a roll call of major twentieth-century cultural icons: Fellini, Truffaut, Vigo, Aragon, Dali, Unik - and yet none of this material has been accessible outside specialist archives and a very small number of publications in Spanish and French.

Product details

• Authors: Jo Evans, Jo (University College London Evans, Breixo Viejo
• Assisted by: Jo Evans (Editor), Jo (University College London Evans (Editor), Evans Jo (Editor), Breixo Viejo (Editor), Breixo (University College London Viejo (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781501312588
• ISBN: 978-1-5013-1258-8
• No. of pages: 640
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, ART / History / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Surrealism, History of Art, Diaries, letters and journals, Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, Art & Design Styles: Surrealism & Dada, PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director