"Tribute to the Master" is a collection unit of the Shanghai International Film Festival to hold a retrospective exhibition of important filmmakers' works. Starting with Akira Kurosawa, Pedro Almodóvar and Marcelo Mastruani in 2007, over the past eleven years, the "Tribute to the Master" section has introduced dozens of film masters who have achieved outstanding achievements in the field of art and have had a worldwide impact to Chinese audiences.
Swedish film director Ingmar Bergmann is the first "master" announced by the 21st Shanghai International Film Festival. If Bergman's classic works erect a set of co-paintings of painful portraits, the film of the second master will do the opposite, stringing up hazy daydreams for us.
This master was the Spanish surrealist film artist Luis Buñuel (1900-1983). Like Bergman, he was one of the greatest film directors of the 20th century.
Luis Buñuel
In 1920, Buñuel founded Spain's first film club. In 1924, he moved to Paris, France, where he worked as an assistant to the French avant-garde director Jean Epstein. In 1928, he and his friend, the famous painter Salvador Dali, co-produced the foundational work of the surrealist film "An Andalus Dog".
Bergman has long settled on faroe Island, but Buñuel has been displaced and has a stagecoach career. Born in Spain, he has created in Mexico, France, and the United States, and his style has changed several times, from the beginning of the pioneer, the mid-term mixture to the later "effort toward gentleness".
He has worked as a director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and his masterpieces such as "Daytime Beauty", "Hazy Desire", and "The Prudent Charm of the Bourgeoisie" have been regarded as classics by generations of film fans, and his followers include countless art masters, from directors Carlos Shola and Roy Anderson to writer Julio Cortázar.
The surrealist scenes in Buñuel's films reveal the deepest desires of the human heart. He has been shortlisted for three major European international film festivals many times, won countless awards, and twice won the top honor of the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice International Film Festival. It can be said that Buñuel marked the artistic standard of the film festival, not the film festival that affirmed his achievements.
In June this year, SIFF will bring six Buñuel classics to Shanghai audiences. They may not be able to summarize Buñuel's life's achievements, but with their later stable imagination and creation, they open up a beautiful path into "daydreaming".
"Tribute to the Masters" unit: Buñuel's list of films
Vilidiana Viridiana
Maid's Diary of Chambermaid
Daytime Beauty Beauty of the Day
Tristana
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Hazy Desire That Obscure Object of Desire
Film introduction
Veritiana
Released: 1961
Starring: Silvia Pinar / Francisco Laval / Fernando Rey / Jose Calvo / Margarita Lozano
introduce:
Villitiana, who has been practicing in the Sisters' Congregation for many years and is about to take an oath, suggests that she visit her patron uncle Haymai before the ceremony. Unexpectedly, Haimai was emotional because Villitiana looked exactly like his wife, and after the proposal was rejected, he anesthetized her. The next day When Haymay commits suicide, Villitiana decides to stay in the mansion and invites the homeless to share it. At this time, José, the illegitimate son of Haimai, appeared at the door of the mansion with his girlfriend...
In 1961, the film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Maid's Diary
Released: 1964
Starring: Michel Piccoli / Jeanne Morrow
French writer Milpau's novel of the same name is the favorite of countless directors, from Jean Renoir to Buñuel to Benoyère Jacques 3 years ago, the film adaptation of this novel can strike at almost any era.
The protagonist of the film is an introverted and cultured woman, Selestine, who came to Provence from Paris to work as a maid for a high-society family. She soon discovered that it was a rather eroded family, full of hypocrisy and quirks. Just as Celestine was about to leave here and return to Paris, a sudden murder made her change her mind, and Celestine decided to investigate and find out the truth of the incident.
Daytime beauty
Released: 1967
Starring: Catherine Deneuve / Jean Sorrier / Michel Piccoli / Gineveve Peggy
The rich and beautiful young wife Seprina has nothing to do at home, because her desires cannot be satisfied because of the disharmony of the couple's life. Taking advantage of the fact that her husband went out to work on weekday afternoons, she secretly went out to sell herself, and thus got the title of "Day beauty". At home she was a noble and virtuous wife, and when she came to the sound occasion, she completely released herself. There, Seprina became acquainted with a variety of characters, and marcel, a professional killer, grew closer to her.
"Daytime Beauty" won the Golden Lion Award at the 1967 Venice Film Festival.
Tristana
Released: 1970
Starring: Catherine Deneuve / Fernando Rey / Franco Nero
Before her death, Tristana's mother entrusted her to don Luppe's care. The aging Lupu has a carefree diet, a strong personality, and values honor, but he is also a womanizer known to the women of the town. Tristana felt depressed at Lupp's home, and during an outing, she met a young painter who gave her hope for love. Upon learning of Tristana's situation, the painter beats Up and the two leave the town together. Soon, Tristana falls seriously ill, and the painter, who has no choice but to seek Lupp's help...
The prudence of the bourgeoisie
Released: 1972
Starring: Fernando Rey / Paul Francel / Defiin Serrig / Bill Augier / Jean-Pierre Cassel
The film tells the story of six middle-class people who constantly want to try to eat together, but are always interrupted by accidents, so they can't enjoy the blessings. They planned a total of 8 dinners in the film, but they could not achieve it for various reasons, including remembering the date of the dinner, accidentally encountering a funeral in a tavern, interfering with military exercises, etc., and even later, the situation became more and more strange...
The film won the 1973 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the 1974 British Academy Film and Television Arts Award for Best Screenplay.
Hazy desire
Release date: 1977
Starring: Fernando Rey / Carol Bugai / Angela Molina / Julian Berto
The French gentleman Madeo returned from Spain by car, and in the carriage he met a mother and daughter, a dwarf and a younger brother's friend. Before the train started, a woman rushed to her with her luggage, and Madeo poured a bucket of cold water on her, and his behavior puzzled everyone.
Back in the carriage, Madeo told the others what had happened to him: it turned out that the woman was Conchita, the Spanish maid of Mardeo's brother's house. Her beauty attracted Matteo. As a sign of love, he financed The Konchita mother and daughter out of financial hardship and then offered to let her be his lover. Although Conchita pushed him halfway, he never acceded to his request. This annoyed him, especially when he found out that the woman who called herself a virgin had another lover.