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Re: Nabokov contra Bunuel, etc.... (fwd)
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From: Charles Nicol <EJNICOL@root.indstate.edu>
Judging by the one reference I can think of--and the logic of the
thing as well--I believe that Nabokov did NOT like Bunuel. The
reference is a scathing but elliptical one, probably in an interview,
about films where, among other things, beggars rape nuns; at any
rate, it seemed a clear reference to one Bunuel film (can't remember,
but a woman's name and Catherine Denueve?). If we think of
Bunuel's early collaboration with Dali (an obvious Nabokov dislike)
as well as his politics, we shouldn't expect anything different.
-Charles Nicol
Judging by the one reference I can think of--and the logic of the
thing as well--I believe that Nabokov did NOT like Bunuel. The
reference is a scathing but elliptical one, probably in an interview,
about films where, among other things, beggars rape nuns; at any
rate, it seemed a clear reference to one Bunuel film (can't remember,
but a woman's name and Catherine Denueve?). If we think of
Bunuel's early collaboration with Dali (an obvious Nabokov dislike)
as well as his politics, we shouldn't expect anything different.
-Charles Nicol