Conversations with Bunuel

Max Aub (1903-1972), was a prolific Spanish-Mexican novelist, playwright, critic and screenwriter. His best known novels are part of El laberinto magico (The Magic Labyrinth), centered on the Spanish Civil War. Active in the Republican cause, he was imprisoned in forced labor camps after General Franco's victory. He finally, escaped from a camp in Algeria and spent the rest of his life, like Bunuel, in exile in Mexico.

This book features extended conversations with Spanish filmmaker Luis Bunuel (1900-1983) and interviews with his family members, friends and colleagues--including Salvador Dali, Louis Aragon and Fernando Rey--conducted by Max Aub in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Notorious for inventing fanciful versions of his life and his creative output, Bunuel was hard put to deceive the astute Max Aub, who shared Bunuel's background in Spain, in Paris during the Spanish Civil War, and in Mexico, where they were friends and collaborators.Originally published in Spain in 1985, this translated (the first in English) and expanded edition (with several significant interviews and a detailed index not found in the original) provides a detailed picture of Bunuel's life and art. Extensive notes contextualize the conversations and acknowledge the discoveries of recent studies on Bunuel.

Table of Contents¿Translator's Acknowledgments (Julie Jones) delete¿viiTranslator's Introduction (Julie Jones) delete¿1Personal Prologue (Max Aub) delete¿7Foreword to the 1985 Edition (Federico Álvarez) delete¿13Part I: Conversations with Buñuel delete¿17Part II: Interviews with Family MembersFriends and Collaborators delete¿119Alicia Buñuel and Leonardo BuñuelConchita BuñuelLeonardo BuñuelJuan Ramón MasoliverJosé Repollés AguilarConcha and José Ignacio MantecónConcha MantecónConcha Méndez CuestaJosé GaosFrancisco García LorcaArturo Sáenz de la CalzadaRafael AlbertiSantiago OntañónJeanne Rucar BuñuelManuel Ángeles OrtízJoaquín PeinadoLouis AragonLuis QuintanillaGustavo PittalugaOscar DancigersEduardo DucayJuan LarreaEmmanuel RoblèsJulio Alejandro de CastroCarlos VeloRicardo Muñoz SuayGustavo AlatristeFernando ReyValentín Arteta Lusuviaga, S.J.Mosén Vicente Allanegui: An Interview with Luis BuñuelJuan Luis BuñuelAdo KyrouSalvador and Ana María DalíFederico AmérigoLuis AlcorizaPedro (Père) PortabellaNotes delete¿263¿Bibliography delete¿279Films Directed by Buñuel delete¿281Index delete¿283