Robespierres Neck
4th May 2012, 04:33
Anyone else here a fan of his work? If you haven't heard of him, let me delight you with some of his classics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5BVlC40-K0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim%C3%B3n_del_desierto
One of the best critical satirizes of religion I've ever seen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ExuuuC-6Zo (http://www.revleft.com/vb/www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ExuuuC-6Zo)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Age_d%27Or
(Under Response):
"On 3 December 1930, a group of incensed members of the League of Patriots (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligue_des_Patriotes) threw ink at the screen during a screening of the film, assaulted members of the audience, and destroyed art works by Dalí, Joan Miró (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Mir%C3%B3), Man Ray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Ray), Yves Tanguy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Tanguy) and others on display in the lobby. On 10 December, the Prefect of Police of Paris, Jean Chiappe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Chiappe), arranged to have the film banned after the Board of Censors reviewed the film. A contemporary Spanish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain) newspaper condemned the film as “...the most repulsive corruption of our age... the new poison which Judaism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism), masonry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry), and rabid, revolutionary sectarianism want to use in order to corrupt the people.[/URL]
The Noailles family pulled the film from distribution for nearly 50 years. In 1933, it was screened at the Museum of Modern Art (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Age_d%27Or#cite_note-2) in New York City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City), but the film did not have its official United States premiere until November 1, 1979 at the Roxie Cinema (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roxie) in San Francisco (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco)."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6E_fEmHv8E
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_charme_discret_de_la_bourgeoisie
Insane (but valid) portrayal of bourgeois life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3gXuynrFMo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_fant%C3%B4me_de_la_libert%C3%A9
"Chance governs all things; necessity, which is far from having the same purity, comes only later. If I have a soft spot for any one of my movies, it would be for The Phantom of Liberty, because it tries to work out just this theme."
"The title of the film is a homage to Karl Marx (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx) and Friedrich Engels (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Engels)’ Communist Manifesto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Communist_Manifesto), specifically a reference to the opening sentence: "A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of Communism" (in French, "spectre" is translated as fantôme).This sentence refers to the way in which the idea of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism"]Communism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_fant%C3%B4me_de_la_libert%C3%A9#cite_note-My_Last_Breath-1) was being used pejoratively by the authorities in the mid-20th century to attack all political parties opposed to the established order (church, aristocracy and state)."
Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5BVlC40-K0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim%C3%B3n_del_desierto
One of the best critical satirizes of religion I've ever seen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ExuuuC-6Zo (http://www.revleft.com/vb/www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ExuuuC-6Zo)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Age_d%27Or
(Under Response):
"On 3 December 1930, a group of incensed members of the League of Patriots (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligue_des_Patriotes) threw ink at the screen during a screening of the film, assaulted members of the audience, and destroyed art works by Dalí, Joan Miró (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Mir%C3%B3), Man Ray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Ray), Yves Tanguy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Tanguy) and others on display in the lobby. On 10 December, the Prefect of Police of Paris, Jean Chiappe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Chiappe), arranged to have the film banned after the Board of Censors reviewed the film. A contemporary Spanish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain) newspaper condemned the film as “...the most repulsive corruption of our age... the new poison which Judaism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism), masonry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry), and rabid, revolutionary sectarianism want to use in order to corrupt the people.[/URL]
The Noailles family pulled the film from distribution for nearly 50 years. In 1933, it was screened at the Museum of Modern Art (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Age_d%27Or#cite_note-2) in New York City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City), but the film did not have its official United States premiere until November 1, 1979 at the Roxie Cinema (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roxie) in San Francisco (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco)."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6E_fEmHv8E
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_charme_discret_de_la_bourgeoisie
Insane (but valid) portrayal of bourgeois life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3gXuynrFMo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_fant%C3%B4me_de_la_libert%C3%A9
"Chance governs all things; necessity, which is far from having the same purity, comes only later. If I have a soft spot for any one of my movies, it would be for The Phantom of Liberty, because it tries to work out just this theme."
"The title of the film is a homage to Karl Marx (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx) and Friedrich Engels (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Engels)’ Communist Manifesto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Communist_Manifesto), specifically a reference to the opening sentence: "A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of Communism" (in French, "spectre" is translated as fantôme).This sentence refers to the way in which the idea of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism"]Communism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_fant%C3%B4me_de_la_libert%C3%A9#cite_note-My_Last_Breath-1) was being used pejoratively by the authorities in the mid-20th century to attack all political parties opposed to the established order (church, aristocracy and state)."
Enjoy.