The Exterminating Angel

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Rey L Apr 8, 2019 The Exterminating Angel is a weird, surreal film about how the aristocratic class is literally incapable of exiting its own little world and how it then becomes increasingly wretched. Bunuel was the rare artist whose work got more daring with age. See more

Hagrid S Jun 4, 2018 Buñuel clearly refuses to be subtle in this sharp allegorical satire (and because of that I only wish he had gone even further and embraced insanity and chaos all the way), using an absurd and quite ingenious idea to give a well-deserved slap on bourgeois values and hypocrisy. See more

Abraham S May 16, 2017 Obviously serving as symbolism for what was occurring in Spain in the early 1960s, Brunel's film serves as satire of the most interesting sort. The film falls short in its ability to hold interest apart from its primary premise. See more

Kylo W Apr 10, 2017 Buñuel tidak hanya berfantasi, tetapi juga bermain dengan segala simbolisasi dan kritik-kritik terpendam, seperti yang pernah coba dijelaskan Roger Ebert. Saya cukup mengagumi orisinalitas Buñuel yang berhasil membuat saya jengkel sepanjang film. See more

Hagrid W Apr 6, 2017 This is the worst shit ive ever seen. wtf are u people smoking???

Abraham W Mar 10, 2017 "I adore things which go out of the ordinary," one of the ladies says, perhaps a reflection of what the audience is thinking. The problem with most absurdities and farces is that they deal with some ridiculous situation which we either buy or don't buy. Here, the situation is a mystery, servants suddenly leaving, everyone engaging in a giant slumber party, which is out of order for these people. There's a bear and sheep in the house, a dead chicken in a purse. A man is unconscious, dying perhaps. "What's happening to us?" Doctor asks right before a thunderstorm. It's intriguing, something is in the air and we don't know what it is, it's a total mystery. It could be equally satisfying if we never find out. Everything that once was sexy is now disgusting. These people are filthy, un showered, their backends probably a mess. Where once we could picture a fairly sexy upper-class orgy, now we dream of escaping from one another. The film is relentless, almost never letting go of the ever-increasing tension that drives these characters to madness. We wonder to ourselves if there was something we missed - did they get trapped? Barricaded by the people on the outside? How did they suddenly start showing up? Revelations come in the form of degenerating behavior while questions continue to be raised. At no point do I lose interest in what's happening while still dying for answers, a perfect blend of engaging in experience while needing to know. We reach our most savage point when sheep are slaughtered, a dead couple are laughed at, and a royal rumble breaks out. We wonder what satisfying solution could possibly come about, and most ideas that go through my head are unsatisfying. But Bunuel works the unexpected, re-staging everyone exactly as they were before this mysterious curse trapped everyone. One of the women is able to identify this, trying to guide everyone to retrace their steps until they can figure out what locked them in the first place - she equates the exercise to chess. Eventually they stumble on a point in which someone declared it was time to retire, which seemed to generate a compulsive etiquette that resulted in the ensuing problem. Time and space is a constant distortion - the couple thinks they've been their around a month, one of the ladies thinks they were at the opera "tonight." The room seems to change positions. The rest of the mansion becomes forbidden, they are locked in one space. A black curtain forms, the homeowner on the other side. Where exactly does the painting door lead to? Bathroom? Where is the bathroom anyway? Sheep go upstairs, but arrive in the room where everyone is for their sacrifice. See more

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