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The Phantom of Liberty

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The Phantom of Liberty (1974)

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Reviews Counted:16

Fresh:14

Rotten:2

Average Rating:8.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: A dreamlike, surrealistic film that playfully looks at politics, religion and sex. The film offers tantalizing fragments of narrative that it explores briefly and then leaves behind: a child... A dreamlike, surrealistic film that playfully looks at politics, religion and sex. The film offers tantalizing fragments of narrative that it explores briefly and then leaves behind: a child accepts some strange photographs from an unsavory character in a playground -- only the images aren't quite what one would expect; a nurse spends the night at an inn and meets some very bizarre priests; a sniper ascends a glistening new French skyscraper and shoots at the crowds below, only to become a celebrity, not a pariah; and tearful parents beg the police to find their missing child -- who's beside them the whole time insisting she's not lost. Bunuel attacks society's false pretensions to freedom, and its distorted ideas of liberty and religion in this crazy, off- beat comedy that goes from high wit to groundling guffaws. [More]

Starring: Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Piccoli, Monica Vitti, Adriana Asti

Starring: Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Piccoli, Monica Vitti, Adriana Asti

Director: Luis Buñuel

Director: Luis Buñuel

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May 24, 2005

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An uproarious summary of Luis Bunuel's surrealistic concerns in a collection of anecdotes starring Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Piccoli, and Monica Vitti.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/31/06
Michael Scheinfeld
Michael Scheinfeld
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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02/09/06
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10/07/05
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

as illusory as a dream about a mailman and as real as the letter you find in your hand

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment 1 Comment
08/07/05
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
Filmcritic.com

The Phantom of Liberty moves with great confidence and comfort. Odd that such a wicked film should feel comfortable, but there you have it. That's Bunuel.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
08/01/05
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

A tour de force, a triumph by a director confronting almost impossible complications and contradictions and mastering them. It's very funny, all right, but remember: With Buñuel, you only laugh when it hurts.

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05/13/05
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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The physical production is stunning to look at. The cast is large, first-rate, but the presence that dazzles us is that of the Old Master, just off screen, mercilessly testing our senses of sanity and humor.

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05/09/05
Vincent Canby
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09/03/04
Thomas Delapa
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05/14/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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11/14/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

It's wild, angry and often very funny.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
10/15/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

This heady masterwork isn’t particularly easy to decipher, but it’s best approached as the literal comedy of manners Buñuel intends it to be.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
09/13/03
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
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03/03/03
Brandon Judell
Brandon Judell
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Albeit scattershot, Phantom does cohere as a satire of keeping up appearances in which everything is as it appears.

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11/05/02
Jessica Winter
Jessica Winter
Village Voice
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Second-tier Bunuel, sometimes on target but mostly ineffective.

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10/30/02
Phil Hall
Phil Hall
Film Threat

The challenging lack of a narrative center doesn't prevent this film from having a great deal to say about the modern world and its ambivalent grasp of freedom.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jonathan Rosenbaum
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