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Directed by: Luis Buñuel
Featuring: Claudio Brooks, Enrique Alvarez Félix, Hortensia Santoveña, Francisco Reiquera, Luis Aceves Castañeda, Antonio Bravo, Enrique del Castillo, Silvia Pinal
Simon of the Desert is Luis Buñuel’s wicked and wild take on the life of devoted ascetic Saint Simeon Stylites, who waited atop a pillar surrounded by a barren landscape for six years, six months, and six days, in order to prove his devotion to God. Yet the devil, in the figure of the beautiful Silvia Pinal, huddles below, trying to tempt him down. A skeptic’s vision of human conviction, Buñuel’s short and sweet satire is one of the master filmmaker’s most renowned works of surrealism.
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Format:
DVD
Disc:
DVD-9 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
1 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
Spanish Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Resolution:
480p/29.97
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Documentary, Interview, Booklet
- A Mexican Buñuel (1995), 50-minute documentary by Emilio Maillé
- New interview with actress Silvia Pinal
- A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Michael Wood and a reprinted interview with Luis Buñuel
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Producer: Kim Hendrickson
Artwork: Neil Kellerhouse
Release Notes on Restoration
Simon of the Desert
Simon of the Desert is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.33:1. On widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. The picture has been slightly window-boxed to ensure that the maximum image is visible on all monitors. This new high-definition digital transfer was created on a Spirit Datacine from a 35mm duplicate negative. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, and scratches were removed using the MTI Digital Restoration System.
The soundtrack was mastered at 24-bit from the 35mm optical soundtrack negative. Pops, crackle, hiss, and hum were reduced with an array of restoration techniques.
The soundtrack was mastered at 24-bit from the 35mm optical soundtrack negative. Pops, crackle, hiss, and hum were reduced with an array of restoration techniques.