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Le fantôme de la liberté [videorecording] = The phantom of liberty / Janus Films ; Studio Canal ; Serge Silberman présente un film de Luis Buñuel.

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A perverse, playfully absurd comedy that compiles many of the illogical themes that preoccupied Buñuel throughout his career - from the hypocrisy of conventional morality to the arbitrariness of social arrangements.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Janus Films, Criterion Collection (Firm), Studio Canal
Other Authors:	Buñuel, Luis, 1900-1983 (Director, Screenwriter), Silberman, Serge (Producer), Carrière, Jean-Claude, 1931-2021 (Screenwriter), Brialy, Jean-Claude (Actor), Vitti, Monica (Actor), Piccoli, Michel, 1925-2020 (Actor), Frankeur, Paul (Actor), Richard, Edmond (director of photography.), Indiana, Gary (Writer of accompanying material)
Other title:	Phantom of liberty.
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	French English
Published:	Irvington, New York : Criterion Collection [Distributor], ©2005.
Edition:	Widescreen.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 290.
Subjects:	Surrealism > Drama. Hypocrisy > Drama. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Summary:	A perverse, playfully absurd comedy that compiles many of the illogical themes that preoccupied Buñuel throughout his career - from the hypocrisy of conventional morality to the arbitrariness of social arrangements.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1974. Special features: video introduction by screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière. Accompanied by booklet containing a new essay by culture critic Gary Indiana and a reprinted interview with Buñuel.
Physical Description:	1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in + 1 guide (32 pages)
Format:	DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital mono ; enhanced for 16:9 television.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Edmond Richard ; screenwriter, Jean-Claude Carrière.
ISBN:	0780030095 9780780030091
Participant or Performer:	Jean-Claude Brialy, Monica Vitti, Michel Piccoli, Paul Frankeur.
Language:	In French with optional English subtitles.