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Luis Buñuel
FilmmakerKnown for:
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), Un Chien Andalou (1929)
Education:
University of Madrid (philosophy); assistant to Jean Epstein in Paris
Luis Buñuel made his first film, Un Chien Andalou (1929), in collaboration with Salvador Dalí, and it remains one of the founding documents of Surrealist art. He worked in Spain, France, and Mexico across a career spanning five decades before his late masterworks - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) - returned him to Paris. He combined contempt for bourgeois convention and organized religion with a formal rigor that distinguished him from his Surrealist contemporaries.
Luis Buñuel's Gear List(1)
Panavision
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Used Panavision cameras for The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972); DP Edmond Richard
Product description
The Panaflex Gold is a 35mm motion picture camera produced by Panavision, a company that manufactures equipment exclusively for rental to productions. Its near-silent operation and compatibility with Panavision's proprietary anamorphic and spherical lens systems made it a standard for Hollywood features from the 1980s onward. Christopher Nolan and many other directors continue to use Panavision equipment for productions shot on film.
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Last updated March 20, 2026
