| Release | Aug 21, 2007 |
| Video | Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 |
| Audio |
French: Dolby Digital 1.0 |
| Subtitles | English |
| Studio | Criterion/Voyager |
| Year | 1969 |
| Genre | Drama, Comedy |
- Luis Bunuel: Atheist Thanks to God
- Interviews with Ian Christie and Jean-Claude Carriere
The first of what Luis Bunuel later proclaimed a trilogy (along with The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie and The Phantom Of Liberty) about "the search for truth," The Milky Way (La voie lactee) daringly deconstructs contemporary and traditional views on Catholicism with ribald, rambunctious surreality. Two French beggars, present-day pilgrims en route to Spain's holy city of Santiago de Compostela, serve as Bunuel's narrators for an anticlerical history of heresy, told with absurdity and filled with images that rank among Bunuel's most memorable (stigmatic children, crucified nuns) and hilarious (Jesus considering a good shave). A diabolically entertaining look at the mysteries of fanaticism, The Milky Way remains a hotly debated work from cinema's greatest skeptic.
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Paul FrankeurLaurent TerzieffAlain CunyBernard Verley"Milky Way, The: The Criterion Collection"
Written byLuis BunuelWritten byJean-Claude Carriereproduced bySerge Silberman
directed byLuis Bunuel
Production Year: 1969
Written byLuis BunuelWritten byJean-Claude Carriereproduced bySerge Silberman
directed byLuis Bunuel
Production Year: 1969
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