SIMON OF THE DESERT (1965) - (The Criterion Collection - #460) [DVD9] [2009]

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. Yet the devil, in the figure of the beautiful Silvia Pinal, huddles below, trying to tempt him down. 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.







MOVIE:
DIRECTOR: Luis Buñuel
COUNTRY: Mexico
YEAR: 1965

Cast
Simon Claudio Brook
Brother Matías Enrique Alvarez Félix
The devil as an old witch Francisco Reiquera
The mother Hortensia Santoveña
Priest Luis Aceves Castañeda
Priest Antonio Bravo
The mutilated one Enrique del Castillo
The devil Silvia Pinal

Credits
Director Luis Buñuel
Screenplay Julio Alejandro and Luis Buñuel
Producer Gustavo Alatriste
Cinematography Gabriel Figueroa
Production Design Jesús Bracho
Music Raúl Lavista
Editing Carlos Savage









DVD:
DVD RELEASE: February 10, 2009
STUDIO: Criterion
CATALOG: 460
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.33:1
Black and White
AUDIO: Spanish Dolby Digital Mono
SUBTITLES: English
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 45 minutes

EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Fab
DVD: Full Dual-Layer DVD
FILE EXTENSION: .ISO Image
FILE SIZE: 6.66 GB


Disc Features

* New, restored high-definition digital transfer
* A Mexican Buñuel (1995), 50-minute documentary by Emilio Maillé
* New interview with actress Silvia Pinal
* New and improved English subtitle translation
* PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Michael Wood and a reprinted interview with Buñuel



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