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Wuthering Heights (Abismos de Pasion) (1954) Luis Bunuel; Irasema Dilian, Jorge Mistral
Wuthering Heights (Abismos de Pasion) (1954) Luis Bunuel; Irasema Dilian, Jorge Mistral
 
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In Spanish with English subtitles.

Throughout his career, moviemaker Luis Buñuel was attracted to themes exhibiting the dark side of human nature. Thus, it was no surprise in 1954 when he decided to film Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, calling it Abismos de Pasion (the Abyss of Passión), for it contained all the violent energy he needed to achieve cinematic fission. As the film unfolds, Buñuel accentuates the destructive forces at work in the characters: the rancor, the vengeance, and the cruelty that rise up from the Cimmerian depths of the soul to wound and rend. In following this theme, Buñuel turns the love-hate relationship between Alejandro (Jorge Mistral) and Catalina (Irasema Dilian) into an open sore upon which each character heaps salt in a celebration of sadism. What bonds the two is what Buñuel calls l'amour fou, a fateful force that unites lovers, but, paradoxically, makes it impossible for them to co-exist. In Abismos de Pasion, it is as if Alejandro and Catalina enjoy hating as much as loving, perhaps more so. And the hate spreads. Catalina, for example, is a she-devil who viciously taunts and ridicules Isabel. The action takes place against a surreal backdrop of scrubby landscapes with leafless trees and gnarled roots symbolizing the perversity of the twisted attachment between Alejandro and Catalina. The images are reminiscent of a Salvador Dali painting.

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5 of 5 Mexican Cinema Classic July 20, 2021
Reviewer: Elsa Cisneros from Los Angeles, CA United States  
Arrived early and in perfect condition.  Thank you!

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5 of 5 Very happy. March 4, 2021
Reviewer: Nathaniel White from Jamaica Plain, MA United States  
Very happy. I received the DVD.

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5 of 5 Bunuel, the master! June 4, 2017
Reviewer: Shawn from Washington  
Holy hell, that ending!

I can't improve on what Canby wrote in his NY Times Review... http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C03EFD91538F934A15751C1A965948260

I'll just add that as a Bunuel fan I'm glad that I was finally afforded the opportunity to see the film. The picture quality on the disc was great as well.

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5 of 5 Bunuel Wuthering Heights DVD August 30, 2015
Reviewer: Helen Roulston from Murray, KY United States  
I received the DVD of the Bunuel Wuthering Heights DVD in a timely manner and played it.  It worked just fine.
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