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Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

"The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie", without question is my most favorite movie of all time. There really has never been a movie until this one, that I would consider flawless. I normally find flaws, and I bet there is a few in there, but whatever they were, it didn't bug me at all. People might not like this film, because it makes you think for yourself, it makes you question what just happened, and it is just crazy bizarre in every way.Luis Buñuel is incredible. I never thought after watching one film from a specific director, that I would find my favorite director. His shots in this film are very unique. He uses a different style than the way most do. If I'm not mistaken I think at most he uses two cameras for this film. But most of his shots work with panning, so he is incredible with manipulating the camera to get everything he needs almost in one shot on one camera. If you have not heard of this film, or you just overlooked this film, rethink and see this movie.The first time I have ever given a *10* rating, and might be the only time.

Not only are the lives of the bourgeoisie characters in the film pointless and irrelevant, but the film itself is pointless and irrelevant. To have people astounded by the "brilliance" of the film and the "genius" of Bunuel is to me astounding in itself. While someone like Fellini can entrance, Bunuel might have well produced a film based on alcoholic, drug-addicted ne'er-do-wells that said nothing worthwhile or did nothing worthwhile. A disjointed, badly acted, phony presentation of a group of individuals that are worth nothing yet somehow cunning enough (in the film) to elevate themselves to positions of importance. I found myself asking "What is the point of this film?" and the answer kept coming up "There is no point and the whole production is absurd." Contrived and unrelated dream sequences that go nowhere. Actions by the actors that mean nothing and make no sense in any context. Perhaps because the majority of viewers are in the same category as the actors in the film, they can relate to it. I cannot. There is nothing worthwhile to be taken from this film. If one derives intellectual meaning from such as this, I feel sorry for them.My inner self insisted on adding the following: A knock came on the door of my subconscious. I opened it, and it was a vacuum cleaner salesman who pushed past me and sat down on my couch."Did you have an unhappy childhood?" he asked, and continued without pause: "I did. I used to have a recurring dream where I was walking down a road. Did you eat lunch? It is curious that it is not raining out, is it not?" He then proceeded to begin a one-sided conversation of mechanical engineering from a feminist perspective. Without stopping after he had finished his discourse, he began to relate the mystical aspects of flatulence. Midway through this conversation, he stopped to say "I'm sorry, I have to leave now. I have another appointment. Thank you for your order." And left, leaving the door open.

or just cruel. but this is not a real surprise ! because it is a Bunuel portrait of a fake world and manner for survive. about desires, search, rules all in a dark satire in which dreams and fears, games and food are mixed. a picture. interesting for the art of a great cast. nice for meeting with a remarkable director themes. charming for the strange humor. a film about need to escape from yourself. about a way without end. and, sure, about masks. nothing else. only fog of a social group and a game with surrealistic nuances. it is good occasion to understand not only art of Bunuel but spirit of a time. and to understand the essence of society of each period.

At this point, Luis Bunuel has become so masterful he'll lead you to believe in it through everything, even when it's a dream.Six bourgeois friends. Many attempts at meals. Very few successes. Well, in fact, let's be honest: NO successes. Social commentary and iconoclasm throughout. Think YOU can turn that into a movie? This movie is a little bit more dated-feeling in its references than The Phantom of Liberty, but the two really do share a close structural connection. Discreet Charm is slightly more "narrative" in the fact that the same characters keep returning, but otherwise the two movies might as well be edited together and flow into one. Apparently--and I haven't gotten around to watching it yet--Milky Way is the same. If that's the case, I'm on board.Seriously, Bunuel stands out in the world of cinema as a remarkable auteur, a serious artist with huge social engagement, and is quite admired, but there is nothing but good that can be learned from paying attention to how he uses his camera to direct your eye and how he blocks scenes. The guy has consummate control of space that usually only Hitchcock gets praise for. Few filmmakers really achieve this level of direct eye--Antonioni and Tarkovsky could be included in this list. Kim Ki Duk is aiming to get there. But in his 70s French cinema, Bunuel is the bullseye.--PolarisDiB