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SPAIN · 1974
The Phantom of Liberty
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Synopsis
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.
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For me, he is the greatest of them all. He’s very good at putting distance between himself and the material and the characters... And the way he is dealing with the narrative… he is leaving characters after a while and finding new ones. In 'The Phantom of Liberty' (Le fantôme de la liberté, 1974), he leaves a character and then the camera finds another one, and he is very good with that.
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For a complete list of other credits, including producer, screenwriter, actor and editor (re-cutting) see Buñuel 100 Years , which includes a list of documentaries made about the director.
For a complete list of other credits, including producer, screenwriter, actor and editor (re-cutting) see Buñuel 100 Years , which includes a list of documentaries made about the director.
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