One thing that has always interested me about Bunuel and his films is the notion of the objectiveization of classes in his film. I was wondering if you are considering the "shock" of this and the way that we might interpret this today rather than when the film originally came out. In particular, I am interested in what people may have said about his "objectivzing" the "idiots" in this film in a similar fashion to what I have heard some say about his treatment of the boys in LOS OLVIDADOS or the "poor" in VIRIDIANA--actually my favorite of his texts. On one hand we may argue that Bunuel is a social activist who is taking these stories and putting them out for more people to see and realize the difficulties of these lives, but I have also heard some argue that B's treatment of certain groups in his films (maybe all the women as one person has put it to me????) are solely exploited. ciao, brian ====================================== brian k aurand cmlt university of maryland at college park [log in to unmask] 301-405-2853 ====================================== ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]