459 - The Exterminating Angel (1962)

Published: Aug. 5, 2024, 11 a.m.

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When 20 or so upper class reveler\\u2019s end up at a post-opera gathering hosted by one of their peers, everything seems perfectly\\u2026 polite. \\xa0But then director Luis Bu\\xf1uel imparts upon them the one unbreakable rule of the film: no one can ever leave the well-appointed drawing room. \\xa0Ever. \\xa0What follows is a study in the logistics of human survival, depravity, and an allegory of the lies we tell ourselves as we sink into fascism.

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