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Interview (Video): Luis Buñuel

Scott Myers

30 Aug 2015
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A nice catch: A 1963 interview with director Luis Buñuel. I say “director’; in fact Bunuel was also a screenwriter with 39 writing credits including Belle du Jour (1967), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgoisie (1972), and That Obscure Object of Desire (1977).

The interview is conducted in French with English subtitles:

Also the documentary “The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel”:

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