Acknowledgments

The Nomadic Discourse of Luis Bunuel: A Rambling Overview

Marsha Kinder

SECTION 1: OVERTURES AND OVERTONES

Laughs with Bunuel

Jose Luis Borau

How Marilyn Monroe Profoundly Influenced The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

John Rechy

SECTION 2: RECONTEXTUALIZING THE DISCREET CHARM

Bunuel, the Realist: Variations of a Dream

Juan Roberto Mora Catlett

A Cultural Background to The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Agustin Sanchez Vidal

Julie Jones

The Discreet Charm of the Postmodern: Negotiating the Great Divide with the Ultimate Modernist, Luis Bunuel

Victor Fuentes

SECTION 3: RETHEORIZING BUNUEL

Bunuel in the Cathedral of Culture: Reterritorializing the Film Auteur

Marvin D'Lugo

Unraveling Entanglements of Sex, Narrative, Sound, and Gender: The Discreet Charm of Belle de jour

Harmony H. Wu

Bunuel's Net Work: The Detour Trilogy

James Tobias

APPENDIXES

Vintage Reviews

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie: A Review Stephen Kovacs (Film Quarterly, Winter 1972--1973)

Interruption as Style: Bunuel's Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie Jonathan Rosenbaum (Sight and Sound, Winter 1972--1973)

Why Is the Co-eatus Always Interruptus? John Simon (New York Times, February 25, 1973)

Credits for The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Selective Bibliography

Yungshun Tang

Notes on Contributors

Index