{"id":28191,"date":"2020-10-15T14:32:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T18:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=28191"},"modified":"2021-05-17T20:47:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T00:47:18","slug":"the-criterion-collection-announces-january-2021-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2020\/10\/15\/the-criterion-collection-announces-january-2021-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"The Criterion Collection Announces January 2021 Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This morning The Criterion Collection announced what they’ll be releasing in January 2021 . . . and man do I hope that this is the start of a great year in film but also in life in general. I am thrilled to see so many upgrades in this line-up, including three from Luis Bu\u00f1uel and, for the first time as a standalone release, an upgrade from a title that was released initially on DVD only in Criterion’s Eclipse line!<\/p>\n

The blurbs are from The Criterion Collection\u2019s website (so are the links)\u00a0\u2014 go there to see the details on the supplements.<\/p>\n

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January 5, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Three Films by Luis Bu\u00f1uel<\/b><\/em>
\n<\/i><\/b>–The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie<\/em> (1972)
\n–The Phantom of Liberty<\/em> (1974)
\n–That Obscure Object of Desire<\/em> (1977)<\/p>\n

From The Criterion Collection:<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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More than four decades after he took a razorblade to an eyeball and shocked the world with Un chien andalou,<\/em> arch-iconoclast Luis Bu\u00f1uel capped his astonishing career with three final provocations\u2014The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Phantom of Liberty,<\/em> and That Obscure Object of Desire<\/em>\u2014in which his renegade, free-associating surrealism reached its audacious, self-detonating endgame. Working with such key collaborators as screenwriter Jean-Claude Carri\u00e8re and his own frequent on-screen alter ego Fernando Rey, Bu\u00f1uel laced his scathing attacks on religion, class pretension, and moral hypocrisy with savage violence to create a trio of subversive, brutally funny masterpieces that explore the absurd randomness of existence. Among the director\u2019s most radical works as well as some of his greatest international triumphs, these films cemented his legacy as cinema\u2019s most incendiary revolutionary.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t