History Creator / LuisBunuel

* ChristianityIsCatholic: Despite being a professed atheist, Bunuel admitted that he felt most at home with Catholic culture, all his films heavily feature Catholic imagery even the ones in Mexico (which has a more syncretized kind of Catholicism).

* TakeThat: He was making jab at the catholicism in many of his films.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: He and Creator/SalvadorDali had a very nasty falling out during the production of ''L'Age D'Or'', due to Buñuel's Communist sympathies and Dalí's support for aristocrats and, later, Spanish dictator Generalissimo Francisco Franco. They never resolved their issues either. The other reason was that Buñuel was also friends with Creator/FedericoGarciaLorca and took his side following his fallout with Dali.

* [[{{Biography}} Autobiography]]: 1983's ''Mon Dernier Soupir'' (''My Last Sigh'').

* HappyEnding: Surprisingly there are films with this. Most famously and ironically, ''The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz''
* HumansAreBastards [=/=]HumansAreMorons: The general sense you get from his movies.

* UsefulNotes/{{France}}: One of the countries where he worked. His film ''L'Age d'Or'' was banned in France for nearly forty years.
* LeFilmArtistique: ''Un Chien Andalou'' was a pioneer of this. ''L'Age d'Or'' is even moreso.
* GainaxEnding: In some of his films. Notable examples include ''Tristana, The Phantom of Liberty, The Exterminating Angel, '' and many others.
* UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}}: He worked there for several years following his exile from Spain. Initially he went to America and worked in the Museum of Modern Art but he was fired for being an [[FelonyMisdemeanor atheist]].

* RaisedCatholic: He broke away when he was 16 and rebelled against it heavily in his work.
--> "Thank God I'm an atheist."
** His movies tend to mock and deconstruct several concepts of Catholic religion and iconography, despite this he enjoyed spending time [[GoKartingWithBowser with priests]] and debating with them on religion. One of his movies, ''Nazarin'' featuring a heroic priest character, who Buñuel claimed to have liked, is highly regarded by the Church.

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Bu%C3%B1uel The Other Wiki]] and at [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000320/reference IMDB]].

* AuthorsOfQuote: Several of his quotations have become this among movie aficionados and in Spanish culture.

Luis Buñuel Portolés (22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a UsefulNotes/{{Spa|in}}nish filmmaker best known for his [=surrealist=] works such as ''Film/UnChienAndalou'', ''L'Age d'Or'' and ''Film/TheDiscreetCharmOfTheBourgeoisie.'' He debuted in 1929 with ''Un Chien Andalou'', which was his first taste of the controversy and negative reactions he would experience over the years. Over his career, he would win several awards at film festivals around the world, and ''Discreet Charm'' won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Foreign Film. He died in Mexico City, UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}} in 1983.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: He and Creator/SalvadorDali had a very nasty falling out during the production of ''L'Age D'Or'', due to Buñuel's Communist sympathies and Dalí's support for aristocrats and, later, Spanish dictator Generalissimo Francisco Franco. They never resolved their issues either. The other reason was that Buñuel was also friends with Creator/FedericoGarciaLorca and took his side following his fallout with Dali.

* HumansAreBastards [=/=] HumansAreMorons: The general sense you get from his movies.

* UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}}: He worked there for several years following his exile from Spain. Initially he went to America and worked in the Museum of Modern Art but he was fired for being an [[ValuesDissonance atheist]].

* ''Film/DiaryOfAChambermaid''

* TakeThat: He always was makign jab at the catholicism.