Le fantôme de la liberté The Phantom of Liberty
Luis Buñuel
Le fantôme de la liberté The Phantom of Liberty [videorecording]= The Phantom of Liberty Luis Buñuel - France Greenwich Film Productions 1974 - 1 Blu-ray disc (ca. 103 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 in. - Buñuel: The Essential Collection .
Special features include:
- Critical Analysis by Professor Peter W. Evans
- Interview with Jean-Claude Carrière
- Buñuel, La Transgression Des Reves - A New Documentary by Pierre-Henri Gibert
- Photo Gallery
From case cover:
Episodic in structure, the film is a series of anarchic and frequently surreal series of events through which the director ravages a complacent European culture and the various sexual hangups and historical and cultural disconnects of its inhabitants. A man sells postcards of French tourist attractions, calling them "pornographic". A sniper in Montparnasse is hailed as a hero for killing passer-by. A missing child helps the police fill out the report on her. A group of monks play poker, using religious medallions as chips, and in the most infamous sequence, a formally dressed social group gathers at toilets around a table, occasionally excusing themselves to go into little stalls in a private room to eat. Perversely funny and punctuated with a series of quite brilliant sight gaps -- The Phantom of Liberty argues the acceptance of strict moral codes, suggesting that the only way to live freely is to embrace the coincidences of the world.
From IMDb:
This surrealist film consists of a series of only vaguely related episodes, most famously the dinner party scene in which people sit on lavatories round a dinner table, occasionally retiring to a small room to eat.
Blu-ray video; DTS HD 1.0; monaural; 1080p; Regions B; 1.66:1 as 16:9 widescreen.
French or English audio. Optional English subtitles.
PN1997 / .F368 1974
Le fantôme de la liberté The Phantom of Liberty [videorecording]= The Phantom of Liberty Luis Buñuel - France Greenwich Film Productions 1974 - 1 Blu-ray disc (ca. 103 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 in. - Buñuel: The Essential Collection .
Special features include:
- Critical Analysis by Professor Peter W. Evans
- Interview with Jean-Claude Carrière
- Buñuel, La Transgression Des Reves - A New Documentary by Pierre-Henri Gibert
- Photo Gallery
From case cover:
Episodic in structure, the film is a series of anarchic and frequently surreal series of events through which the director ravages a complacent European culture and the various sexual hangups and historical and cultural disconnects of its inhabitants. A man sells postcards of French tourist attractions, calling them "pornographic". A sniper in Montparnasse is hailed as a hero for killing passer-by. A missing child helps the police fill out the report on her. A group of monks play poker, using religious medallions as chips, and in the most infamous sequence, a formally dressed social group gathers at toilets around a table, occasionally excusing themselves to go into little stalls in a private room to eat. Perversely funny and punctuated with a series of quite brilliant sight gaps -- The Phantom of Liberty argues the acceptance of strict moral codes, suggesting that the only way to live freely is to embrace the coincidences of the world.
From IMDb:
This surrealist film consists of a series of only vaguely related episodes, most famously the dinner party scene in which people sit on lavatories round a dinner table, occasionally retiring to a small room to eat.
Blu-ray video; DTS HD 1.0; monaural; 1080p; Regions B; 1.66:1 as 16:9 widescreen.
French or English audio. Optional English subtitles.
PN1997 / .F368 1974