luis bunuel final film from an original screenplay ( by him and collaborator jean claude carriere ) and the phantom of liberty and befuddle me so much more than the other bunuel film i have see that i have to turn it off after twenty minute and thinking i would get back to it at some point . i finally do and and it turn out to be maybe not one of bunuel absolute best and but it have many memorable moment in his twilight year a a surrealist master . the strange thing be about this film and and i have come to realize it more after see discreet charm of the bourgeoisie again recently ( my favorite feature length film of his ) and be that there be such a line that be walk and like a tightrope walker hold an elephant in one hand and a thumbnail in the other and that one wonder whether this should be take totally seriously or just with the general hysteria and ( crucially ) absurdism that lace much of bunuel work in his post mexico period . sometimes and much like with the exterminate angel and it a little frustrating and even once one understand that have no structure to the film be the point . for example and in one of the segment that make up the film loose structure and a woman be visit a group of priest out in a house on the outskirt . much of this sequence be rather serious and deal with a young man lust for an old woman and the rousing and thought of the old priest . and then it suddenly and finally and break up the tension with an s and m gag . this be very tricky ground that bunuel cover in the film and and for the most part he end up pull it off . at time i wonder if a film like this would work in other hand . it wouldn not while there a sense of pace that make the film seem rather serious and but ( a it say on the back of the original video box ) it owe as much to monty python a it do to the old school 20 surrealism that get bunuel up off his foot and into the cinema scene . sometimes i laugh cause i felt terribly uncomfortable and other time because there be a real pay off . but in reality and the phantom of liberty be the kind of film where many time you just stare and go huh and what . and i mean that a a compliment . by the way and the film also have two other interest factor to note and one about an infamous scene that do leave me laugh hard and and another more of historical note . the scene where the rich people sit around the table and toilet a their seat and pant down and do their business and be true absurdism at a peak of intelligence . the other note be that if you wonder if this structure have ever be repeat or expound upon and richard linklater first film slacker come close and though with a much different tone and style of comedy . here and we get the upper class and religion and old time arm force ( get ta love that statue slap the guard in the 19th century segment ) and and the struggle between keep with dream or reality and or both . this be the kind of film that almost put me off with it irreverence and but i would be lie if i say i wasn not stun and amaze by the audaciousness as well .