PANAJI: Entertainment Society of Goa’s Cinephile Film Club will screen French film, ‘The Phantom of Liberty’ on Thursday, 3rd March 2022 at 6.30 pm, at Maquinez Palace, Old GMC Complex, here.
Sachin Chatte will host the screening of 1974 classic directed by Luis Buñuel, the master of surrealism in cinema. The film club, in association with the Department of Women’s Studies Goa University, is also planning a day-long festival to celebrate Women’s Day, the details of which will be sent soon. The membership for the film club is now open, and registration details can be obtained at esg.co.in. The membership is valid from the present day, till March 2023; states a press release.
About the Film:
The Phantom of Liberty (French with English subtitles), Directed by: Luis Buñuel, Duration: 1 hrs 44 minutes
Director Luis Buñuel has a unique place in the annals of cinema, for the kind of path-breaking films he made. Writer Octavio Paz called Buñuel’s work “the marriage of the film image to the poetic image, creating a new reality, scandalous and subversive”
The Phantom of Liberty was Buñuel’s second last film and one which he had a soft spot for. The story, if one can call it that, is a series of unrelated vignettes reflecting the director’s satirical humor and outlandish take, challenging social norms. As Roger Ebert said, “It’s very funny, all right, but remember: With Buñuel, you only laugh when it hurts.”
