The Milky Way (La Voie Lactee)

RESEÑA EN ESPAÑOL AQUI ACTION! - LUIS BUNUEL: BETWEEN SOCIAL REALISM AND SURREALISM Going in, I fully expected to be more offended than I actually was. Surprisingly, that never quite happened. There’s a level of nuance here that keeps the film from collapsing into easy…

Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine

One of those films that highlights the limits in value of a star rating--I mean a gently surreal existential comedy road trip about two hobos taking the Milky Way through time as well as space in pilgrimage hoping to have a spiritual epiphany and being exposed to the warts,…

Jay D 's Watching

The original title was Bill and Ted’s Chock Full of Religious Conundrums Adventure.

DallasFrance

An absurdist comedy from director Luis Buñuel, that sees a pair of tramps on a pilgrimage from France to Spain. They aparently cross space and time, bumping into many a relgious heracy on the way. I get the feeling that it might be easier to appreciate this one if you have…

Slig001

Definitely not Buñuel's finest, but has its moments of magic. Some of it's probably gone over my head as well, but it does take a madman or a genius to try to get to the bottom of the contradictions of the Catholic Church. Would have loved to grab a pint with the man 🍻

az93

Watching Buñuel’s films is the only thing my seven years of Catholic education is good for.

s. mill

Just another brilliant movie saying more than it seems with actions, words and implied notions by a BRILLANT filmmaker. Luis Bunuel is easily in my top 5 directors.... with Kieslowski and Kubrick for sure. Bunuel is always expressing himself and maybe with The Milky Way he…

straitdownhill

This is Luis Buñuel mocking Christianity from a purely textual and literary perspective. Not nearly as playful or provocative as his more "out-there" satires, but it still reflects his brand of magical realism, and does so with a certain fondness. In many ways, this…

nick

“A little philosophy inclines the human mind towards atheism, but a delve into philosophy brings the human mind closer to religion.” - Francis Bacon After the arousing hit from Belle de Jour, it guaranteed to Buñuel to make what seemed like a passion project that came…

Raphael Georg Klopper