The Phantom of Liberty (1974)

Best movie of this year hands down!

Memorable, crazy movie

Let's be realistic.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

It was I.B.Singer who said "Of course I believe in freedom and free will. I have to believe in them. I have no choice." No doubt Bunuel was predestined to make this pointless film about Liberty. It consists of a daisy chain of disconnected, or tenuously connected, episodes that merge into each other in an accidental and meaningless manner. The popular American word is "segue", a musical word, often linked with "seamlessly". I can't remember hearing any music in this film, however. Was there any ? Its only logic is its illogicality, which gets tiresome, if you think about it. It isn't necessary to think about it though, as each episode is fairly interesting on its own, and you wonder what he'll dream up next. The net result, unfortunately, is a feeling of vacuity. The ultimate sensation is one of dissatisfaction.Senselessness is the aesthetic blight of the last century, ever since Duchamp presented us with his fountain in 1917, voted the most significant work of art of the last 100 years. Some people see The Phantom of Liberty as the ultimate motion picture. The bird at the end is not an ostrich: it's a rhea.

This movie was no joke. Literally. I was completely lost the first time i had seen it. Before i was the kind of film lover who would just see film simply just to enjoy and didn't expect to really get anything out of it, may be educationally but surely not this level of intellectual outcome. The Phantom of Liberty, after explained and discussed in class by an excellent professor, i came to appreciate this film, and understand what it was trying to convey. I got so much out of this film. It had helped me to see a different side of the situation and be curious about things, the world and the people around me and to ask the what if question. I also like that it show the idea that life is full of random chances that we might encounter one day.

The Phantom of Liberty is an unusual film one that does not really "fit in" with the rest of the crowd, but that is what makes it brilliant. This Film was certainly mind boggling as I found it interesting on how Luis Buñuel formed a smooth link from one scene to the next. The way the film was laid out was not the only unusual thing about it, but also the way each scene was portrayed everything you would see was out of the ordinary . I sat there thinking to myself , "what is going on here?" it was as if this was filmed in a parallel universe were people lived by different rules we are not accustomed to. From having the dead calling the living, the use of the bathroom was a dining table experience shared with others, and where being sentenced to death would result in in freedom and fame. Sure the scenes certainly sound unbelievable somehow that is where Buñuel worked his magic. As he not only allowed me to flow easily from scene to scene, but also in a way took me away from reality stopped me from asking all these questions , and just allowed me to accept what was going on and go with it . It gave me a view of possible "why not" situations in life that one can imagine . I really enjoyed this film and I'm looking forward to finding others like it in the near future.

I felt like the movie was very enjoyable but very confusing plot wise. If I watched the movie without any prior knowledge of it I probably would of thought it was a bunch of randomly scattered skits, or a day in the life of an alternate universe. It had me in suspense the whole time. I never knew where it was going to go, or which character the camera was going to follow. The acting made it feel as if that was actual life and not a joke. As if it was possible as a serious series of events. My favorite scenes where with the police and how they were very hypocritical and childish. Showed a different view of police than the respectable flawless man.