Radiance Films blesses NOTHING IS SACRED: THREE HERESIES BY LUIS BUNUEL (review)

Having fled Spain during the Spanish Civil War for France and then America where he lost his job after being denounced by former friend Salvador Dali, Luis Bunuel found refuge in Mexico where he toiled away in the studio system directing various genre films until he partnered with actress Silvia Pinal and her husband Gustavo Alatriste on three films that would change the direction of their careers.  VIRIDIANA is the tale of a young novice nun who visits her uncle who attempts to corrupt her in a film that was a sensation at Cannes, branded blasphemous by the Catholic Church, and banned in Spain by dictator Francisco Franco.  In THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL, the guests of a dinner party discover that for some reason they cannot leave.  In SIMON OF THE DESERT, ascetic monk Simon suffers the mockery of his brothers, the scorn of worshippers, and the temptations of the Devil "herself."

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NOTHING IS SACRED: THREE HERESIES BY LUIS BUNUEL Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One - Viridana:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen 
• Spanish LPCM 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by film historian Michael Brooke 
• "The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel" 1983 BBC documentary 
• Optional introduction by director Anthony Wall 
• Appreciation by filmmaker Lulu Wang 
• Interview with director Luis Buñuel for French TV's "Cinéastes de notre temps" 
• Gallery
• Disc Two - The Exterminating Angel:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen 
• Spanish LPCM 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Appreciation by filmmaker Alex Cox 
• "A Mexican Buñuel" 1995 documentary by Emilio Maillé 
• Appreciation by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro 
• "Dinner and Other Rituals" visual essay by critic and writer Alexandra Heller-Nicholas 
• Behind the Scenes Gallery
• Disc Three - Simon of the Desert:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen 
• Spanish LPCM 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Appreciation by filmmaker Richard Ayoade 
• "The Other Trinity: Alatriste, Buñuel and Pinal" visual essay by film historian Abraham Castillo Flores 
• "Buñuel: A Surrealist Filmmaker" documentary by Javier Espada 
• Gallery
• Limited edition of 6000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings.  Three discs housed in a slipcase, each with reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sister Hyde.  Also includes a limited edition 80-page book featuring new writing by Glenn Kenny, Justine Smith, Lindsay Hallam and David Hering, as well as archive material.
  

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