A Companion to Luis Buñuel: Stone/A Companion to Luis Buñuel

A Companion to Luis Bunuel presents a collection of critical readings by many of the foremost film scholars that examines and reassesses myriad facets of world-renowned filmmaker Luis Bunuel’s life, works, and cinematic themes. A collection of critical readings that examine and reassess the controversial filmmaker’s life, works, and cinematic themes Features readings from several of the most highly-regarded experts on the cinema of Bunuel Includes a multidisciplinary range of approaches from experts in film studies, Hispanic studies, Surrealism, and theoretical concepts such as those of Gilles Deleuze Presents a previously unpublished interview with Luis Bunuel’s son, Juan Luis Bunuel Content: Chapter none Introduction (pages 1–58): Rob Stone and Julian Daniel Gutierrez?Albilla Chapter 1 Interview With Juan Luis Bunuel (pages 61–78): Rob Stone Chapter 2 Luis Bunuel and the Politics of Self?Presentation (pages 79–97): Julie Jones Chapter 3 Bunuel, Master Pyrotechnician (pages 98–115): Guy H. Wood and Javier Herrera Navarro Chapter 4 Bunuel's Critique of Nationalism (pages 116–137): Mieke Bal Chapter 5 Surreal Souls (pages 141–155): Sarah Cooper Chapter 6 Fixed?Explosive (pages 156–171): Ramona Fotiade Chapter 7 L'Age d'or (pages 172–187): Agustin Sanchez Vidal Chapter 8 Bunuel Entomographer (pages 188–201): Tom Conley Chapter 9 The Complicit Eye (pages 203–225): Erica Segre Chapter 10 Out of Place, Out of Synch (pages 226–239): Tom Whittaker Chapter 11 Susana (pages 240–254): Maria Pilar Rodriguez Chapter 12 Young Outlaws and Marginal Lives in Latin American Cinema (pages 255–275): Ana Morana Chapter 13 The Creative Process of Robinson Crusoe (pages 277–301): Amparo Martinez Herranz Chapter 14 The Cinematic Labor of Affect (pages 302–323): Geoffrey Kantaris Chapter 15 Stars in the Wilderness (pages 324–339): Sarah Leahy Chapter 16 Transitional Triptych (pages 340–361): Ernesto R. Acevedo?Munoz Chapter 17 Bunuel Goes Medieval (pages 362–377): Sherry Velasco Chapter 18 The Galdos Intertext in Viridiana (pages 379–398): Sally Faulkner Chapter 19 Spectral Cinema (pages 399–413): Kate Griffiths Chapter 20 Between God and the Machine (pages 414–430): Libby Saxton Chapter 21 The Road and the Room (pages 431–453): Marsha Kinder Chapter 22 On a Road to Nowhere (pages 455–478): Sheldon Penn Chapter 23 The Intertextual Presence of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Belle de jour (pages 479–493): Arnaud Duprat de Montero Chapter 24 Splitting Doubles (pages 494–508): Peter William Evans Chapter 25 Bunuel and Historical Reason (pages 509–517): Cristina Moreiras?Menor Chapter 26 Through a Fractal Lens (pages 518–534): Wendy Everett Chapter 27 Mutilation, Misogyny, and Murder (pages 535–553): Paul Begin Chapter 28 Inside/Outside (pages 554–571): Jimmy Hay Chapter 29 Surrealist Legacies (pages 572–589): Felicity Gee Chapter 30 Luis Bunuel's Angel and Maya Deren's Meshes (pages 590–607): Susan McCabe __A Companion to Luis Bunuel__ presents a collection of critical readings by many of the foremost film scholars that examines and reassesses myriad facets of world-renowned filmmaker Luis Bunuel’s life, works, and cinematic themes. * A collection of critical readings that examine and reassess the controversial filmmaker’s life, works, and cinematic themes * Features readings from several of the most highly-regarded experts on the cinema of Bunuel * Includes a multidisciplinary range of approaches from experts in film studies, Hispanic studies, Surrealism, and theoretical concepts such as those of Gilles Deleuze * Presents a previously unpublished interview with Luis Bunuel’s son, Juan Luis Bunuel Content: Chapter none Introduction (pages 1–58): Rob Stone and Julian Daniel Gutierrez?AlbillaChapter 1 Interview With Juan Luis Bunuel (pages 61–78): Rob StoneChapter 2 Luis Bunuel and the Politics of Self?Presentation (pages 79–97): Julie JonesChapter 3 Bunuel, Master Pyrotechnician (pages 98–115): Guy H. Wood and Javier Herrera NavarroChapter 4 Bunuel's Critique of Nationalism (pages 116–137): Mieke BalChapter 5 Surreal Souls (pages 141–155): Sarah CooperChapter 6 Fixed?Explosive (pages 156–171): Ramona FotiadeChapter 7 L'Age d'or (pages 172–187): Agustin Sanchez VidalChapter 8 Bunuel Entomographer (pages 188–201): Tom ConleyChapter 9 The Complicit Eye (pages 203–225): Erica SegreChapter 10 Out of Place, Out of Synch (pages 226–239): Tom WhittakerChapter 11 Susana (pages 240–254): Maria Pilar RodriguezChapter 12 Young Outlaws and Marginal Lives in Latin American Cinema (pages 255–275): Ana MoranaChapter 13 The Creative Process of Robinson Crusoe (pages 277–301): Amparo Martinez HerranzChapter 14 The Cinematic Labor of Affect (pages 302–323): Geoffrey KantarisChapter 15 Stars in the Wilderness (pages 324–339): Sarah LeahyChapter 16 Transitional Triptych (pages 340–361): Ernesto R. Acevedo?MunozChapter 17 Bunuel Goes Medieval (pages 362–377): Sherry VelascoChapter 18 The Galdos Intertext in Viridiana (pages 379–398): Sally FaulknerChapter 19 Spectral Cinema (pages 399–413): Kate GriffithsChapter 20 Between God and the Machine (pages 414–430): Libby SaxtonChapter 21 The Road and the Room (pages 431–453): Marsha KinderChapter 22 On a Road to Nowhere (pages 455–478): Sheldon PennChapter 23 The Intertextual Presence of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Belle de jour (pages 479–493): Arnaud Duprat de MonteroChapter 24 Splitting Doubles (pages 494–508): Peter William EvansChapter 25 Bunuel and Historical Reason (pages 509–517): Cristina Moreiras?MenorChapter 26 Through a Fractal Lens (pages 518–534): Wendy EverettChapter 27 Mutilation, Misogyny, and Murder (pages 535–553): Paul BeginChapter 28 Inside/Outside (pages 554–571): Jimmy HayChapter 29 Surrealist Legacies (pages 572–589): Felicity GeeChapter 30 Luis Bunuel's Angel and Maya Deren's Meshes (pages 590–607): Susan McCabe

A Companion to Luis Buñuel presents a collection of critical readings by many of the foremost film scholars that examines and reassesses myriad facets of world-renowned filmmaker Luis Buñuel’s life, works, and cinematic themes.

• A collection of critical readings that examine and reassess the controversial filmmaker’s life, works, and cinematic themes
• Features readings from several of the most highly-regarded experts on the cinema of Buñuel
• Includes a multidisciplinary range of approaches from experts in film studies, Hispanic studies, Surrealism, and theoretical concepts such as those of Gilles Deleuze
• Presents a previously unpublished interview with Luis Buñuel’s son, Juan Luis Buñuel

This volume presents a collection of critical readings by many of the foremost film scholars that examines and reassesses myriad facets of world-renowned filmmaker Luis Buñuel's life, works, and cinematic themes