BUNUEL, LUIS

born Feb. 22, 1900, Calanda, Spain died July 29, 1983, Mexico City Spanish director and filmmaker, noted especially for his early Surrealist films and for his work in the Mexican commercial cinema. He is distinguished for his highly personal style and controversial obsession with social injustice, religious excess, gratuitous cruelty, and eroticism. Additional reading Studies of his life and films include Adonis Kyrou, Luis Buuel, (1963); Raymond Durgnat, Luis Buuel, new rev. and enlarged ed. (1977); Freddy Buache, The Cinema of Luis Buuel (1973); Francisco Aranda, Luis Buuel: A Critical Biography (1975); Joan Mellen (ed.), The World of Luis Buuel: Essays in Criticism (1978); Virginia Higginbotham, Luis Buuel (1979); and Paul Sandro, Diversions of Pleasure: Luis Buuel and the Crises of Desire (1987). Major Works: Un Chien andalou (1928; An Andalusian Dog); L'ge d'or (1930; The Golden Age); Las Hurdes (1932; Land Without Bread); Los olvidados (1950; The Young and the Damned); Robinson Crusoe (1952); l (1952); Ensayo de un crimen (1955; The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz); Nazarn (1958); Viridiana (1961); El ngel exterminador (1962; The Exterminating Angel); Le Journal d'une femme de chambre (1964; The Diary of a Chambermaid); Simn del desierto (1965; Simon of the Desert); Belle de jour (1967); La Voie lacte (1969; The Milky Way), Tristana (1970); Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1973; The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie); Le Fantme de la libert (1974; The Phantom of Liberty); Cet obscur objet du dsir (1977; That Obscure Object of Desire).