Illusion Travels by Streetcar of Luis Buñuel
Mexico, 1953. 90 '. One pass is
Cycle Luis Buñuel in Mexico
In collaboration with the Institute of Mexico in Spain
Upon learning that the tram 133 in which they have worked all their lives, will be removed from service, Tassels and is Tarrajas get drunk and decide to steal it. During the night, serving an eclectic group of passengers that includes a dandy, a pious couple, a teacher with his students and a trace Matanzas. The next morning, Tassels and Tarrajas try to return the tram but face the obstinacy of Santa Pinillos, a retired inspector intends to betray them.
Undoubtedly, the comedy was one of the genres that Luis Buñuel cultivated with great pleasure throughout his career. Possessing a keen sense of humor and a great capacity for irony, Buñuel found in the genre of comedy suitable for displaying their own unique worldview, in which the absurdity and chance coexist with normal daily. In
Illusion Travels by Streetcar improbable constantly breaks in the lives of the characters, without this leading to permanent alteration of their destinies. The journey that follows the tram stolen Tarrajas Tassels and is full of fun and unusual incidents that Buñuel always considered natural in the Mexican context:
"You know that in public vehicles in Mexico is possible, or was at that time find people carrying crates of fruit, or live turkeys in order: the most amazing things, so I thought that the tram workers travel the Trail with rooms res, and the old pious with the image of a saint. "
After a brief story line developed by Mauricio de la Serna and José Revueltas, Buñuel developed a movie-style trip to heaven Rise (1951). The similarity between the two films go beyond the line plot. " is true that in both films appear Lilia Prado making the same gesture to ride the carriage, with one foot in the stirrup and the mid-thigh skirt" Buñuel says. " acknowledge that here is something really mine , my youth and that of any of my generation. When women with those long skirts, climbed on the tram, caught him by sight, to see if they taught some calf. Of course, in both films the skirt is shorter, and Lilia force shows some of the thighs. Gestures are recorded n. "
Unlike Ascent to Heaven (1951), Illusion Travels by Streetcar casts a more subtle and suggestive sensuality. The pieces of meat going up the tram reminiscent of butchers Peter's dream The Forgotten (1950), in which his mother offers him a bloody steak is caught by the crab. In the pastoral, Lilia Prado plays a seductive Eve expelled from paradise by sinful. In Tram A child looks out the window a woman who arranged the means to view. Consider
long as a lesser film in the films of Luis Bunuel Illusion Travels by Streetcar particular has retained its charm over the years and has overcome the "aging" that many films are condemned. Made unpretentious art, this film remains as enjoyable today as when it was released.
Undoubtedly, the comedy was one of the genres that Luis Buñuel cultivated with great pleasure throughout his career. Possessing a keen sense of humor and a great capacity for irony, Buñuel found in the genre of comedy suitable for displaying their own unique worldview, in which the absurdity and chance coexist with normal daily. In
Illusion Travels by Streetcar improbable constantly breaks in the lives of the characters, without this leading to permanent alteration of their destinies. The journey that follows the tram stolen Tarrajas Tassels and is full of fun and unusual incidents that Buñuel always considered natural in the Mexican context:
"You know that in public vehicles in Mexico is possible, or was at that time find people carrying crates of fruit, or live turkeys in order: the most amazing things, so I thought that the tram workers travel the Trail with rooms res, and the old pious with the image of a saint. "
After a brief story line developed by Mauricio de la Serna and José Revueltas, Buñuel developed a movie-style trip to heaven Rise (1951). The similarity between the two films go beyond the line plot. " is true that in both films appear Lilia Prado making the same gesture to ride the carriage, with one foot in the stirrup and the mid-thigh skirt" Buñuel says. " acknowledge that here is something really mine , my youth and that of any of my generation. When women with those long skirts, climbed on the tram, caught him by sight, to see if they taught some calf. Of course, in both films the skirt is shorter, and Lilia force shows some of the thighs. Gestures are recorded n. "
Unlike Ascent to Heaven (1951), Illusion Travels by Streetcar casts a more subtle and suggestive sensuality. The pieces of meat going up the tram reminiscent of butchers Peter's dream The Forgotten (1950), in which his mother offers him a bloody steak is caught by the crab. In the pastoral, Lilia Prado plays a seductive Eve expelled from paradise by sinful. In Tram A child looks out the window a woman who arranged the means to view. Consider
long as a lesser film in the films of Luis Bunuel Illusion Travels by Streetcar particular has retained its charm over the years and has overcome the "aging" that many films are condemned. Made unpretentious art, this film remains as enjoyable today as when it was released.
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