The Milky Way (1969)
7/10
it gradually dawned on me that Bunuel was taking the p***
28 August 2008
I found this tale of a couple of tramp like figures ostensibly making a pilgrimage to Spain, interesting and amusing but by halfway was finding a lot of the dialogue annoying. Lots of religious diatribes and spouting and contradictions. I began to weary of the non-stop barrage of stupidity and then it gradually dawned on me that Bunuel was taking the p***. Indeed I note from the closing credits that all the dogma and seeming unbelievable tosh, were all exact quotes from religious tracts and writings throughout the history of Christianity. Bunuel has, in fact, very cleverly set up a believable tale, in which along the way he manages to get so much of this stuff said that it beautifully illustrates just how crazy some of this stuff is. Still not an easy first sitting but maybe with the knowledge gained a second viewing would be more enjoyable.
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