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Simón del desierto / guión y dialogos de Luis Buñuel y Julio Alejandro ; producción, Gustavo Alatriste ; dirección, Luis Buñuel.
LIBRA DVD 008 424
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 460.
- The criterion collection ; 460
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Simeon Stylites, Saint, -459--Drama.
- Simeon Stylites.
- Simeon Stylites, Saint, -459.
- Christian saints--Syria--Drama.
- Christian saints.
- Temptation--Drama.
- Temptation.
- Devil--Drama.
- Devil.
- Syria.
- Genre:
- Surrealist films.
- Religious films.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, Mexican.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (45 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (27 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
- monochrome
- Edition:
- Special edición ; full screen.
- Other Title:
- Title on disc label and container: Simon of the desert
- Place of Publication:
- [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2008]
- Language Note:
- Spanish dialogue with optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- In order to prove he is devoted to God, a 4th century saint stays on the top of a pillar for over six years while he is tempted by the devil in the form of a beautiful woman.
- Participant:
- Claudio Brook, Silvia Pinal, Enrique Alvarez Félix, Hortensia Santoveña, Francisco Reiguera, Luis Aceves Castañeda, Enrique García Alvarez, Antonio Bravo, Enrique del Castillo, Eduardo MacGregor.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Gabriel Figueroa ; editor, Carlos Savage Jr. ; music, Raul Lavista.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in Mexico in 1965.
- Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
- Special features: Restored high-definition digital transfer ; A Mexican Buñuel (1997), a 50 min. documentary by Emilio Maillé ; new interview with actress Silvia Pinal (2006) ; new and improved subtitle translation ; new essay by Michael Wood and a reprint interview with Buñuel.
- Contains:
- Mexican Buñuel.
- ISBN:
- 1604651180
- 9781604651188
- OCLC:
- 276784035
- Publisher Number:
- 715515042017
- CC1790D Criterion Collection
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