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.
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08/01/05
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... [More]
Starring: Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Piccoli, Monica Vitti, Adriana Asti
Director: Luis Buñuel
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Reviews for The Phantom of Liberty
1 - 18 (sorted by critic A-Z)
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.
05/09/05
Top CriticA 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.
05/13/05
Top Criticas illusory as a dream about a mailman and as real as the letter you find in your hand
08/07/05
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.
09/13/03
Second-tier Bunuel, sometimes on target but mostly ineffective.
10/30/02
It's wild, angry and often very funny.
10/15/03
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.
01/01/00
Top CriticAn uproarious summary of Luis Bunuel's surrealistic concerns in a collection of anecdotes starring Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Piccoli, and Monica Vitti.
08/31/06
Albeit scattershot, Phantom does cohere as a satire of keeping up appearances in which everything is as it appears.
11/05/02
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05/24/03
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02/09/06
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11/14/03
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09/03/04
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05/14/04
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11/12/04
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