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SIMON OF THE DESERT is Luis Buñuel’s wicked and wild take on the life of devoted ascetic Saint Simeon Stylites, who waited atop a pillar surrounded by a barren landscape for six years, six months, and six days, in order to prove his devotion to God. Carrie, our casual movie-goer, reminds us all that cinema is in fact supposed to be fun and entertaining and that sometimes, just sometimes, happy endings are good. Join us for our weekly review of movies worth seeing, worth avoiding and our Top 5 lists – and don’t forget to play along at Reunited and it feels so good!
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Well, we’re not 5 dudes in a room talking about our passion for Fight Club and Braveheart. It's a place that believes that every great movie is a wonderful new treasure, whether you see it the night of its premiere or fifty years later. Directed by Luis Buñuel • 1965 • Mexico Starring Claudio Brook, Silvia Pinal SIMON OF THE DESERT is Luis Buñuel’s wicked and wild take on the life of devoted ascetic Saint Simeon Stylites, who waited atop a pillar surrounded by a barren landscape for six years, six months, and six days, in order to prove his devotion to God.
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He is newly moved to an even higher pillar where he is exalted by local people looking to him for guidance and miracles.A man with no hands prays to Simon for new hands. We want to celebrate our different opinions, and celebrate yours as well. Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. Simon of the Desert clocks in at under an hour. The Criterion Collection's disc of Simon of the Desert is a nearly perfect transfer of a fine B&W element that shows only a hint of a scratch on the very first scene.
The Devil wants him to come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him. Simon of the Desert is a 1965 featurette (45 minutes) directed by Luis Buñuel.
Too many film sites cater to the same kind of audience, with one overwhelming voice in the writing, but what we treasure at Alternate Ending is diversity: diversity of opinion, diversity in belief about what film should do and how it should do it. In the fifth century, an ascetic named Simon stands on a pillar about ten feet high in the middle of the desert, because that's the sort of thing ascetics do.
The local peasants come to him to beg for miracles. Yet the devil, in the figure of the beautiful Silvia Pinal, huddles below, trying to tempt him down. We’re two dudes, and a lady, of which our tastes are quite varied. It is more surrealism from Luis Buñel but the shorter length means he makes the most of it. Asking for a friend. This isn't a site for people who just want to talk about the latest hot new movies in theaters right this minute. Simon is a saintly figure who lives a top a pillar in the desert. This is a place for people who can't get to the theater until the third week a film is out; a place for people who just want to find something great to stream online after the kids have gone to sleep, a place for people whose favorite pastime is to grab a bunch of classic films on DVD from the library and watch them all weekend. With Claudio Brook, Silvia Pinal, Enrique Álvarez Félix, Hortensia Santoveña. Read the review!Cast : Claudio Brook, Silvia Pinal, Hortensia Santoveña A little stuffy, but still, so good. The long and short is that I loved this film.
A skeptic’s vision of human conviction, Buñuel’s short and sweet satire is one of the master filmmaker’s most renowned works of surrealism.SIMON OF THE DESERT is Luis Buñuel’s wicked and wild take on the life of devoted ascetic Saint Simeon Stylites, who waited atop a pillar surrounded by a barren landscape for six years, six months, and six days, in order...This 1997 documentary was produced by Emilio Maille.This interview with Silvia Pinal was recorded in Mexico City in January 2006.
It's a far cry from the dim 16mm copies once screened in film classes. ❤️You've been scrolling Netflix every night and seeing that gal with blood all over her face - it's been in the Top 10 movies all week, and today it's the In an interview with the director/cast of the horror/thriller movie 1BR, we sit down to talk about the challenges that come with making a filmInconsistent, but its heights are impressive, creating a nauseatingly tight thriller as a vehicle to explor cult psychology. Simon is a VISUAL spoof of Jesus Christ, including the temptations that Christ had in the desert from the Devil, which are partially emulated in the same order here.