☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ½
L' Âge d'Or (1930) -- L. Buñuel
Buñuel's first feature (after Un Chien Andalou) has the loose random feel of a surrealist classic but still manages to enclose a plot of sorts within its tangents (a couple desirous of sexual coupling is prevented by various civic religious and bourgeois leaders...although this might not be an exact fit with what transpires). More to the point, there are some amazing dirty jokes (or puns? allusions?) and some astonishing digs at organized religion (especially the abrupt ending). Gaston Modot is a real bastard...and our hero. A cow also sleeps in a bed.
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