Le fantôme de la liberté The Phantom of Liberty Luis Buñuel [videorecording]=

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Luis Buñuel

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: French Summary language: English Original language: French Subtitle language: English Series: Buñuel: The Essential CollectionPublication details: France Greenwich Film Productions 1974Description: 1 Blu-ray disc (ca. 103 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 inOther title:

The Phantom of Liberty

Uniform titles:

The Phantom of Liberty

LOC classification:

PN1997 .F368 1974

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-B: DVD Cabinet B	PN1997 .F368 1974 Blu-ray	Available	French or English audio. Optional English subtitles.		002471

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.

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