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A series of surreal sequences that critique morality and society in a stream of consciousness style.A series of surreal sequences that critique morality and society in a stream of consciousness style.A series of surreal sequences that critique morality and society in a stream of consciousness style.
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Milena Vukotic
- L'infirmière
- (as Miléna Vukotic)
- …
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Did you know
- TriviaThe title is a reference to "The Communist Manifesto," which in English begins: "A spectre is stalking Europe, the spectre of Communism." The French translation known to Buñuel translated "spectre" as "fantôme." So, the title can be seen as a dig at the "Bourgeois" mentality which fears freedom, and also a sideswipe at the rather straightjacketed Communist parties of the time.
- Quotes
Sophie: Mommy, I'm very hungry!
L'hôtesse à la réception mondaine: Sophie, it's impolite to use those words at the table!
- ConnectionsEdited into The Clock (2010)
- SoundtracksCarnaval Op. 9 No. 12 Chopin
Written by Robert Schumann
Played on the piano by the sister of the police commissioner
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This excellent collection of satirical vignettes is my kind of movie - crazy, dark and comical, it goes any direction it wants and does not follow any rules. When we try to grasp for the meaning, it is like a ghost, a phantom that "leaves us with a wisp of vapor in our hands" and disappears - very much like the liberty, the freedom the humans try to find but instead could only see its phantom disappearing. The film follows many characters on its way shifting effortlessly and playfully from the central ones to the minor ones making minor ones the central and going back and forth from one time period to another. It opens in Toledo during the Napoleonic occupation then jumps to the modern day Paris. It could've gone anywhere and introduced me to any character - it still would've been enormously interesting because it was made by the master who had never lost his curiosity, his inquisitive mind, his memory that consisted of the strange and amazing images, his sense of humor, his childhood dreams, his fantasies, dark and shining and who was able to throw them all on the screen like no one ever was able or will be able to do. To understand Bunuel completely would be as impossible as to catch the Phantom of Liberty - he will be always one of the best and unsolved mysteries in the Art of Cinema.
- Galina_movie_fan
- Nov 2, 2005
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
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- Also known as
- Das Gespenst der Freiheit
- Filming locations
- Tour Montparnasse - 33, avenue Maine, Paris 15, Paris, France(Sniper shooting scene)
- Production company
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,172
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,172
- Nov 10, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $6,749
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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By what name was The Phantom of Liberty (1974) officially released in India in English?
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