“I love the spontaneity of this situation. If you'd like to spend the night, we'll make up as many rooms as needed. I'm pleased to see the old spirit of improvisation is alive and well.”El ángel exterminador [The Exterminating Angel] (Luis Buñuel, 1962)
Jun
3
National Black Bear Day
A young brown bear in a luxuriously furnished room. DP: Gabriel Figueroa.
As part of a witty surprise, Lucía Nóbile (Lucy Gallardo) arranged a #bear and three #sheep for the lavish dinner party she's thrown for her fellow #opera-loving guests. However, the joke is not appreciated and in the cause of the evening – and a ruined dinner when the staff decides to go even before serving any of the #food – the company find that they cannot leave the salon.
– Edmundo Nobile
While the beasts roam the house, the elite are faced with hunger, primal urges, and no motivation to leave.
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“Come down off that column. Taste earthly pleasures till you've had your fill. Till the very word pleasure fills you with nausea.”
Simón del desierto [San Simeón del desierto / Simon of the Desert] (Luis Buñuel, 1965)
May
4
National Day Of Prayer
A young, bearded person in toga and a lamb pass Simón (Claudio Brook), praying on top of his pillar. DP: Gabriel Figueroa.
Simón is a stylite in the Syrian #desert on top of a pillar, close to God, #praying. People gather and pray to him, Simón. Simón prays for the people, the animals, himself.
– The Devil
As with anyone who believes in the concept of #sin, or desires to be free of sin, sin comes to Simón.