  Simon Of The Desert - Criterion Collection (1965) (Dvd)Simon Of The Desert - Criterion Collection (1965) (Dvd)
UPC Number: 715515042017
Actors: Silvia Pinal, Claudio Brook
Directors: Luis Bunuel
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled
Language: Spanish
Region: Region 1
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Studio: Criterion Collection
Release date: February 10, 2009
Run time: 45 minutes
Product Description
Simon of the Desert is Luis Bu?uel's wicked and wild take on the life of devoted ascetic Saint Simeon Stylites, who waited atop a pillar surrounded by a barren landscape for six years, six months, and six days, in order to prove his devotion to God. Yet the devil, in the figure of the beautiful Silvia Pinal, huddles below, trying to tempt him down. A skeptic s vision of human conviction, Bu?uel's short and sweet satire is one of the master filmmaker's most renowned works of surrealism.
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
A Mexican Bu?uel (1995), 50-minute documentary by Emilio Maill?
New interview with actress Silvia Pinal
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Michael Wood and a reprinted interview with Bu?uel
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