My Last Sigh: The Autobiography of Luis BunuelONE OF THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER'S 100 GREATEST FILM BOOKS OF ALL TIME • A provocative memoir from Luis Buñuel, the Academy Award winning creator of some of modern cinema's most important films, from Un Chien Andalou to The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. Luis Buñuel’s films have the power to shock, inspire, and reinvent our world. Now, in a memoir that carries all the surrealism and subversion of his cinema, Buñuel turns his artistic gaze inward. In swift and generous prose, Buñuel traces the surprising contours of his life, from the Good Friday drumbeats of his childhood to the dreams that inspired his most famous films to his turbulent friendships with Federico García Lorca and Salvador Dalí. His personal narratives also encompass the pressing political issues of his time, many of which still haunt us today—the specter of fascism, the culture wars, the nuclear bomb. Filled with film trivia, framed by Buñuel’s intellect and wit, this is essential reading for fans of cinema and for anyone who has ever wanted to see the world through a surrealist’s eyes. |
Contents
Memory | 3 |
Remembrances from the Middle Ages | 7 |
Un Chien andalou 1928 | 15 |
The Drums of Calanda | 19 |
Saragossa | 22 |
Conchitas Memories | 34 |
Earthly Delights | 41 |
MadridThe Residencia 19171925 | 51 |
Love and Love Affairs | 146 |
The Civil War 19361939 | 150 |
Still an Atheist Thank God | 171 |
Back to America | 177 |
Hollywood Sequel | 188 |
Tierra sin pan 1932 | 197 |
Una mujer sin amor 1951 | 203 |
Pro and Con | 217 |
Paris 19251929 | 78 |
Dreams and Reveries | 92 |
LAge dor 1930 | 127 |
Spain and France 19311936 | 137 |
From Spain to Mexico to France 19601977 | 232 |
Swan Song | 251 |
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