{"id":1356,"date":"2006-08-31T11:06:26","date_gmt":"2006-08-31T18:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1356"},"modified":"2024-01-06T00:26:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T07:26:01","slug":"exterminating-angel-the-1962","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1356","title":{"rendered":"Exterminating Angel, The (1962)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The best explanation of this film is that, from the standpoint of pure reason, there is no explanation.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Poster-1-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-54772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Poster-1-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Poster-1-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Poster-1-178x270.jpg 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Poster-1.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA group of bourgeois dinner guests find themselves inexplicably unable to leave once the party is over.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Bourgeois Society<\/li>\n<li>Get Together<\/li>\n<li>Living Nightmare<\/li>\n<li>Luis Bu\u00f1uel Films<\/li>\n<li>Surrealism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary refers to this &#8220;perplexing, absurdist black comedy&#8221; &#8212; an extended allegory on the fragile veneer of class &#8212; as &#8220;one of Bu\u00f1uel&#8217;s most bizarre films&#8221; (a notable distinction, given Bu\u00f1uel&#8217;s many other surrealistic endeavors). As Peary notes, this film represents one of Bu\u00f1uel&#8217;s &#8220;many indictments of the bourgeoise&#8221; given &#8220;it is they who have contaminated society&#8221; and now they are transformed &#8220;into the smelly, violent, uncouth people they&#8217;ve always despised.&#8221; The guests &#8212; caught in a living nightmare from which they can&#8217;t awake, without servants to help mediate their pressing needs &#8212; eventually begin to lose every shred of their carefully seasoned civility, making &#8220;brutally honest remarks about each other&#8221; that &#8220;may seem like cheap shots, but are a big improvement over the false respect that previously distinguished their relationships.&#8221; Nothing is left sacred here: suicide, infidelity, and bitterly sarcastic barbs all come to bear as the days go by and nothing seems to change for the trapped guests.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A powerful allegory of bourgeois conformity and fragility<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still5-1024x635.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"397\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-54779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still5-1024x635.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still5-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still5-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still5-768x476.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still5-1536x952.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still5-436x270.png 436w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still5.png 1625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still3-1024x656.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"410\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-54775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still3-1024x656.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still3-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still3-128x82.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still3-768x492.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still3-1536x985.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still3-421x270.png 421w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still3.png 1621w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still2-1024x643.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"402\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-54776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still2-1024x643.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still2-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still2-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still2-768x482.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still2-1536x965.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still2-430x270.png 430w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Exterminating-Angel-Still2.png 1635w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. This film is a masterpiece of Bu\u00f1uelian absurdism, and should be seen by every film fanatic. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foreign Gem<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0056732\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1967\/08\/22\/archives\/the-screen-the-exterminating-angel-at-carnegie-hall-cinemabunuel.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/great-movie-the-exterminating-angel-1962#:~:text=Luis%20Bunuel's%20%22The%20Exterminating%20Angel,rats%20in%20an%20overpopulation%20study.\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/fantasy\/exterminating-angel-1962.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The best explanation of this film is that, from the standpoint of pure reason, there is no explanation.&#8221; Synopsis: A group of bourgeois dinner guests find themselves inexplicably unable to leave once the party is over. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Black Comedy Bourgeois Society Get Together Living Nightmare Luis Bu\u00f1uel Films Surrealism Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Peary refers to this &#8220;perplexing, absurdist black comedy&#8221; &#8212; an extended allegory on the fragile veneer of class &#8212; as &#8220;one of Bu\u00f1uel&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1356\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1356"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94661,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356\/revisions\/94661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}