The Exterminating Angel | Cinema Then, Cinema Now

(1962/Mexico, 95 min., b&w, drama) Dir.: Luis Bunuel. Cast: Silvia Pinal, Enrique Rambal, Jacqueline Andere, Jose Vaviera. In Spanish with English subtitles. Allegorical film about class customs as a group of guests at a lavish dinner party find themselves mysteriously unable to leave the parlor they’ve gathered in following the dinner and wind up spending several days there, forcing them to gradually drop their strict social facades. Discussion guests: Enrique Fernandez, editor, Mas Magazine; Marvin D’Lugo, Clark University.
(Taped: 5/11/1992)
Cinema Then, Cinema Now is a film series with lively discussion hosted by Jerry Carlson, professor of Cinema Studies at The College of Staten Island of The City University of New York.
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