The Exterminating Angel (Bunuel, 1962): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 6.10pm
This is the UK premiere of the restoration via Radiance Films of this Luis Bunuek classic.
Chicago Reader review:
Luis Buñuel's 1962 film takes an old Mexican proverb—"After 24 hours,
corpses and guests smell bad"—and turns it into a marvelous satire on
the life of the bourgeoisie. Augusto Benedico gives a sumptuous party,
but when the guests try to leave, they discover they're unable to step
across the threshold of the music room. They stay on for days, finally
reduced to eating a stray sheep that wanders providentially through the
house; and when at last they escape and go to church to celebrate their
deliverance, the whole thing starts again. Essential viewing. With
Silvia Pinal, Enrique Rambal, and Jacqueline Andere.
Don Druker
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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