tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post8170880411427812843..comments2024-03-28T19:10:19.359-04:00Comments on my new plaid pants: Everything You Ever Need To Know About Life...Jason Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18254334131909339157noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-19831314919500955472017-02-23T11:11:12.259-05:002017-02-23T11:11:12.259-05:00Well, I´m not a big Buñuel fan, but I can tell you...Well, I´m not a big Buñuel fan, but I can tell you there´s something very Spanish in all of his movies, even when he worked abroad. And that "something" is not easily translatable or explainable. El Angel featured a lot of winks to the political situation in Spain , it´s very obvious, but The Discreet is a more surrealist affair, less political IMO. One could say it was his version or interpretation of what a comedy was. But he always operated under the Surrealist rules and he used contradiction as a tool to express his ideas. Contradiction is one of the most prominent aspects of Spain´s culture: he said the Virgin Mary appeared in his room when he was a child but one of his most famous quotes was "Thank God I´m an atheist". Surrealism was about was laying behind our conscience and that is something we can´t understand. Greetings.Carlosnoreply@blogger.com