Rent Age of Gold (1930)
3.8 of 5 from 76 ratings
1h 3min
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- Synopsis:
- More than 80 years on, this masterpiece of cinematic surrealism remains as brilliantly witty and shocking as ever. Uniting the genius of Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali, "Age of Gold" is a uniquely savage blend of visual poetry and social commentary. A sinister yet poignant chronicle of a couple's struggle to consummate their desire, the film was banned and vilified for many years for its subversive eroticism and furious dissection of 'civilised' values.
- Actors:
- Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque, Max Ernst, Josep Llorens Artigas, Lionel Salem, Germaine Noizet, Duchange, Bonaventura Ibáñez, Jean Aurenche, Jacques B. Brunius, Luis Buñuel, Jean Castanier, Juan Castañe, Pancho Cossío, Simone Cottance, Xaume De Maravilles, Marie Berthe Ernst, Juan Esplandiu, Pedro Flores
- Directors:
- Luis Buñuel
- Producers:
- Le Vicomte de Noailles
- Narrated By:
- Paul Éluard
- Writers:
- Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí, Marquis de Sade
- Aka:
- L'Age d'Or / The Golden Age
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- A Brief History of the Tradition of Quality, Holidays Film Collection, A Brief History of Film..., The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Luchino Visconti, Top 10 Best Last Films: World Cinema, Top 10 Screen Kisses (1896-1979), Top Films
- Countries:
- France
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 30/05/2011
- Run Time:
- 63 minutes
- Languages:
- French LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.19:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Selected scenes commentary for L'Age d'or by Robert Short
- Un Chien Andalou (1929,16 mins): the 1960 restoration of Bunuel and Dali's provocative debut, presented in HD with the original restoration score
- Alternative Un Chien Andalou score by Mordant Music
- Commentary for Un Chien Andalou by Robert Short
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Reviews (1) of Age of Gold
An Amuse-Bouche of Anarchy - Age of Gold review by griggs
As an early sound film, L’Âge d’or speaks sparingly, preferring silence, crackle, and stray music to dialogue—a jolt rather than an explanation. The plot keeps slipping away: lovers advance, conventions buckle, and respectability is skewered by dream logic.
Buñuel trains his sights on the Church, the bourgeois table, and the cosy club of “proper” society. You can see seeds of his later set pieces—The Exterminating Angel’s social suffocation and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie’s blocked dinner—already sprouting, unruly and gleefully impolite.
The surrealism is the point. Images land like jokes in a foreign tongue you somehow get: a kick to good manners, then a wink. Uneven and dated in spots, more provocation than payoff—but the sting remains. Not a banquet; an amuse-bouche of anarchy, still bracing.
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