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L'Age d'Or (French: L'Âge d'Or, pronounced [lɑʒ dɔʁ]), commonly translated as The Golden Age or Age of Gold, is a 1930 French surrealist satirical comedy film directed by Luis Buñuel about the insanities of modern life, the hypocrisy of the sexual mores of bourgeois society, and the value system of the Catholic Church. Much of the story ...
Nov 1, 1979 · L'Age d'Or: Directed by Luis Buñuel. With Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque, Max Ernst. A surrealist tale of a man and a woman who are passionately in love with each other, but their attempts to consummate that passion are constantly thwarted by their families, the Church, and bourgeois society.
- (15K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Luis Buñuel
- 1979-11-01
The plot of L'Age d'or is remarkably simple; two lovers (Gaston Modot and Lya Lys) declare war on a bourgeois French society intent on thwarting the fulfillment of their desires. And the film did not lack for name talent.
Families, the church and bourgeois society try to thwart the passion of a lusty man (Gaston Modot) and woman (Lya Lys).
- (28)
- Gaston Modot
- Luis Buñuel
- Comedy
- Synopsis
- Picture 6/10
- Audio 5/10
- Extras 7/10
- Closing
More than 80 years on, this masterpiece of cinematic surrealism remains as brilliantly witty and shocking as ever. Uniting the genius of Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, L'Age d'Or is a uniquely savage blend of visual poetry and social commentary. A sinister yet poignant chronicle of a couple's struggle to consummate their desire - the film was banne...
Luis Buñuel’s surrealist masterpiece L’Age d’or comes to Blu-ray from BFI Video with a new 1080p/24hz video transfer in the aspect ratio of about 1.19:1 on this single-layer Blu-ray disc. BFI also includes the 16-minute short film Un Chien Andalou, also presented in 1080p/24hz, in the aspect ratio of 1.33:1. The Blu-ray disc is region free. Conditi...
L’Age d’or’s audio is a bit of a mess, a victim of the equipment used to record the audio and the passage of time. The 2.0 PCM mono track is very weak, lacking fidelity, and is filled with all sorts of cracks, pops, and various distortions. In general it sounds like a film from 1930. Un Chien andaloupresents two audio tracks, the 1960 restoration s...
BFI puts together a decent collection of supplements here starting with an audio commentary for both Un Chien andalou and L’Age d’or by Robert Short. The one for L’Age d’or is a selected-scene commentary running about 23-minutes, while the one for Un Chien andalou actually runs longer than the film, totaling 19-minutes. The select-scene track for L...
Highly recommended. Yes, both films show their age but the digital transfers are top notch and deliver the films about as perfect as can be expected. BUY AT:
L'Âge d'or (1930) 11/28/1930 (FR) Romance, Comedy, Drama 1h 3m. User. Score. What's your Vibe? Play Trailer. A surrealist masterpiece. Overview. The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love.
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the plot: two passionate yet frustrated lovers, a Man (Gaston Modot) and Young Girl (Lya Lys), were being kept from one another and repressed by the pious bourgeois establishment (and their families and society in general) for fear of them having sex together.
