For the next seven years, Buñuel scraped together a living on the scraps thrown him in the United States but he never gained a foothold. He burst on the scene as the Surrealist cinematic collaborator to Salvador Dalí with the notorious silent short Un Chien Andalou(1929)-featuring the disturbing but unforgettable scene with the razor blade cutting an eyeball, forcing the vitreous fluid to flow out of it-and the controversial but compelling satire, L’Age d’Or(1930).īuñuel worked behind the scenes on commercial films in Spain for several years before going into self-imposed exile in 1938 to escape the fascist regime of Francisco Franco. Few filmmakers had as fascinating and befuddling a career as Luis Buñuel.
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