BUÑUEL (Luis).

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BUÑUEL (Luis).
5 L.A.S. and 1 L.S. to Janine Bazin and André S. Labarthe. 6 p. in-4, Madrid, Paris, June 4, 1963 - May 11, 1965 and August 1, 1968. Preserved envelope. The first episode of the series of programs of cinema of Janine Bazin and André S. Labarthe is dedicated to Buñuel. - June 4, 1963: Concerns a censorship visa refused for the shooting in Spain of his new film. ... So, your TV project is no longer necessary. I don't know if I will return to Mexico or stay in Europe to begin the adaptation of the film that I must shoot in France in November for Mr. Silbermann... - February 5, 1964: He returned from the Alps where he had gone, not to do sports but to cure himself of a bad cold... I have at your disposal a script of the Diary [of a chambermaid]. I think the film will be available for viewing next week. I will introduce them to five or six friends, including you two... - February 14, 1964: Wednesday at 3:00 a.m. the standard copy of my film is shown at L.T.C. (...) I have the promised script at André's disposal. I return from Mexico next Thursday. - May 11, 1965: A thousand pardons for my behavior, which is probably a bit "sui generis", so as not to qualify it more harshly. But when I leave my retirement and find myself in a place as awful as Cannes-Festival I suffer from a kind of inhibition which prevents me from seeing friends and even from answering their letters... For the request concerning the film for T.V. For the request concerning the film for T.V. [for the series "Filmmakers of our time"] He commits himself to let himself be done during the shooting of his next film and invites them to go to Calanda to take in some aspects of the Holy Week, with 500 drums, its medieval songs and its extraordinary atmosphere. I guarantee that it will be a unique transmission. - August 1, 1968: He will be delighted to see them again... I never go out at night. If you can, we could meet one day of the week... We join : - 4 L.S. of Emilio SANZ DE SOTO to Janine Bazin and André S. Labarthe. Tangier or Madrid January 22 - October 19, 1963. Art critic and film historian, he also collaborated with filmmakers such as Luis Buñuel or Carlos Saura. He sent Labarthe a photo of Godard with Arthur Penn and also one of Orson Welles. He is working on Carlos Saura's next film, "El Tempranillo"... Buñuel seems to have decided to shoot a "sketch" film about the mysteries of the Rosary again in Spain. Don't publish this news, which would prevent Luis from deceiving the Spanish censors once again... He will begin his work as Saura's assistant in "Song for a Bandit". He did not find the photo of Jean Renoir during the shooting of "Le Bled"... The film that Renoir had to interrupt was completed by his assistant Koch, who followed his cut very faithfully. This was one of the first cinematographic interventions of Luccino Visconti as a scriptwriter and assistant director... - May 31, 1963: Buñuel would not go to Mexico and insisted on bringing Janine and André to Calanda during Holy Week... His next project after "The Diary of a Chambermaid" was "Under the Volcano" by Malcolm Lowry, which would naturally be shot in Mexico. Luis is very depressed after the definitive banning by the Spanish censors of "Tristana", by Benito Perez Galdos [the author of Nazarin]... You can already "spread" the news that Luis will play the role of "executioner" in our film. The French title will be "Complainte pour un bandit" [Film by Carlos Saura]. - L.S. from Roger PELLIER to Janine Bazin. Le Raincy, May 5, 1964, approx. cons. To offer rare and very old guns (5 rifles) for Buñuel's collection... - Photograph of Buñuel (10 x 14 cm). - C.A.S. from Francisco Rabal to Janine Bazin. Úbeda, July 23, 1963. In Spanish. Francisco Rabal, one of Buñuel's favorite actors.
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