The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie (1972) ****1/2

How does one even "review" a Luis Buñuel film? I'm sure plenty of other people can and have done it better than I could, but I find it difficult to delineate exactly what it is about his films that I am attracted to, so I'm not going to attempt to go too in depth (besides I think Buñuel himself would have told you that reading too deeply into his work was futile). 

I think my appreciation of Buñuel has something to do with the way he banally explores both the ordinary and the extraordinary aspects of life, love, class, and politics. He does so in the truest form of surrealism—not by being extra weird or showy, but rather by gently subverting his subjects (both his stories and his characters) into something unique, hilarious, tragic, oneiric, and absurd—which can only be described as "Buñuelian". He's truly a director whose influence can't be overstated and I still have much exploring of his work to do. 

You can find my Luis Buñuel Films Ranked list here.