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IDFA viewing tip for Wednesday 18 November

The first IDFA tip of the day is immediately a double bill and both films are decades old. They are in the top 10 of Errol Morris, this year's chief guest. Las Hurdes - Tierra sin Pan by Luis Bunuel is a half-hour film that made documentary history. Bunuel was known even then for Un Chien Andalou, his surreal debut film with the blood-curdling scene of a razor approaching a woman's eye. In 1933, he made las Hurdes, about the poorest and most remote st...

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Helen Westerik

Helen Westerik is a film historian and great lover of experimental films. She teaches film history and researches the body in art.View Author posts

The first IDFA tip of the day is immediately a double bill and both films are decades old. They are in the top 10 of Errol Morris, this year's chief guest. Las Hurdes - Tierra sin Pan by Luis Bunuel is a half-hour film that made documentary history. Bunuel was known even then for Un Chien Andalou, his surreal debut film with the blood-curdling scene of a razor approaching a woman's eye. In 1933, he made las Hurdes, about the poorest and most remote st...

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