142 - The Exterminating Angel, 1962, Mexico. Dir. Luis Bunuel.

Monday, May 22, 2017

142 - The Exterminating Angel, 1962, Mexico. Dir. Luis Bunuel.

Do you like action movies?

This is an inaction movie.

No actions were taken in the making of this movie.

Here is the plot:

A group of people are invited over for dinner.

When it is time to leave, they cannot leave.

And they do not know why.

That is the plot.

For the next hour-and-change they stand around, sit around, and lie around trying to figure out why they cannot leave.

The doors and windows are unlocked.

The people just cannot overcome the strange sense of lethargy that has overtaken them.

You may be the viewer sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to find out if they ever leave.

Or you may leave yourself before finding out.

The good news for you is that you can leave.

But wait!

I must tell you that this is Bunuel.

He is a surrealist.

So while they are unable to leave, a group of sheep walk through the house.

And a black bear.

And a human hand.

Yes, you read me correctly.

A severed human hand walks crablike on its fingertips through the house.

Thing from The Addams Family is making a cameo appearance!

A woman tries to stab it with a knife, but she has too much lethargy.

So it climbs upon her face.

And then disappears as quickly as it came so that we can get back to watching people unable to leave.

If only the hand had gotten a hold of the filmmakers.

If you want to know what happens in the end, you will have to watch this movie yourself.

If you can make it to the end without leaving.