| Description |
2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD ; full screen (1.33:1) aspect ratio ; restored high-definition digital transfer. |
| Language |
Spanish dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1962. |
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Special features (disc two): "The last script: remembering Luis Bruñuel", a 2008 documentary featuring Jean-Claude Carrière and Juan Luis Buñuel ; new interviews with filmmaker Arturo Ripstein and actress Silvia Pinal ; theatrical trailer ; a booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Marsha Kinder and a reprinted interview with Buñuel. |
| Cast |
Silvia Pinal, Claudio Brook, Enrique Rambal, Lucy Gallardo, José Baviera, Augusto Benedico, Antonio Bravo, Jacqueline Andere, Enrique García Álvarez, César de Campo, Rosa Elena Durgel. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Gabriel Figueroa ; editor, Carlos Savage ; music, Raúl Lavista. |
| Summary |
After a lavish dinner party in a stately mansion, the guests believe themselves unable to leave the premises. As the days pass, the elaborate facades of their social positions collapse and they are forced to live like animals. Finally discovering they are actually free to leave, they go to church to give thanks, where they are again trapped. |
| Subject |
Upper class -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Social status -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Clase alta -- Teatro -- Videodiscs.
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Nivel socioeconóico -- Teatro -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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Spanish language materials. |
| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (SPANISH), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Spanish language materials.
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| Added Author |
Buñuel, Luis, 1900-1983.
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Alcoriza, Luis.
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Pinal, Silvia.
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Brook, Claudio.
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Rambal, Enrique.
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Gallardo, Lucy.
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Baviera, José.
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Benedico, Augusto.
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Bravo, Antonio (Bravo Sanchez)
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Andere, Jacqueline.
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García Álvarez, Enrique.
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Campo, Cesar del.
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Durgel, Rosa Elena.
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Lavista, Raul.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Janus Films.
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Video Mercury Films, S.A.
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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| Note |
Spanish language title: El Ángel exterminador |
| ISBN |
9781604651126 |
| Standard No. |
715515035026 |
| Music No. |
CC1785D Criterion Collection |
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