Buñuel, Luis. (1900–1983). Autograph Identification Card with his Thumbprint. An original identification card, ca. 1945, from the iconic Spanish filmmaker, completed in his hand with his personal details and bearing his thumbprint at the left. Buñuel completed the card in 1945 while living in Hollywood and working for Warner Bros, a year before leaving for Mexico. Very fine. 3.5 x 2.5 inches (9.1 x 6.3 cm.)
Often associated with the surrealist movement of the 1920s, Buñuel created films from the 1920s through the 1970s. His work spans two continents, three languages, and an array of genres, including experimental film, documentary, melodrama, satire, musical, erotica, comedy, romance, costume dramas, fantasy, crime film, adventure, and western. Despite this variety, filmmaker John Huston believed that, regardless of genre, a Buñuel film is so distinctive as to be instantly recognizable, or, as Ingmar Bergman put it, "Buñuel nearly always made Buñuel films."
Buñuel, Luis. (1900–1983). Autograph Identification Card with his Thumbprint. An original identification card, ca. 1945, from the iconic Spanish filmmaker, completed in his hand with his personal details and bearing his thumbprint at the left. Buñuel completed the card in 1945 while living in Hollywood and working for Warner Bros, a year before leaving for Mexico. Very fine. 3.5 x 2.5 inches (9.1 x 6.3 cm.)
Often associated with the surrealist movement of the 1920s, Buñuel created films from the 1920s through the 1970s. His work spans two continents, three languages, and an array of genres, including experimental film, documentary, melodrama, satire, musical, erotica, comedy, romance, costume dramas, fantasy, crime film, adventure, and western. Despite this variety, filmmaker John Huston believed that, regardless of genre, a Buñuel film is so distinctive as to be instantly recognizable, or, as Ingmar Bergman put it, "Buñuel nearly always made Buñuel films."