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...Luis Buñuel is currently the subject of a comprehensive two-month retrospective at New York's Museum of Modern Art in honor of the centennial of his birth. "Don Luis" was actually born in February of 1900, but the delay between the actual event and its celebration makes perfect sense, as there are few filmmakers who are as appropriate as this renegade stylist to lead moviegoers into the 21st century...
...andalou" (after the infamous eyeball- slitting scene, featuring Buñuel himself) our hero is seen bicycling through the streets wearing nun-like apparel. Later on, as the hero attempts to sexually attack the heroine, he is required to pull ropes connected to a variety of weighty impediments - including two reclining Marist brothers (one of whom is purportedly Dali). "L'Age d'or" followed soon after, but Buñuel was not able to return to his trademark imagery until the 1950s, as the political climate in the countries he inhabited (Spain and America) made it impossible...
...last two must-see religious-themed Buñuel films draw their plotlines from actual historical events. "Simon of the Desert" (1965) is a low-budget production about a holy man who lives in a remote part of the desert, perched on a high pillar. The devil comes to tempt Simon, in the form of a sexy young woman (Silvia Pinal); for her final act, she shows this ascetic a vision of a modern day "black mass," taking him inside a noisy, sweaty, rockin' 1960s discotheque! "The Milky Way," Bunuel's final statement on Catholicism, is an episodic exploration...
...becoming increasingly horrified by the prospect of a Bush presidency. However, it is patently unfair for them to think of Bush as evil and Gore good when it comes to this dense topic. Upon a closer, more sensible examination of the facts, we find surprising differences between the two candidates...
Plencner hit two threes early on to give New Hampshire an early 11-3 lead, but the Crimson limited her to 1-of-7 shooting from behind the arc for the rest of the game...