L'Age D'Or: Photofest
L'Age D'or
(1930)THE CONTROVERSY Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali's feature-length follow-up to their similarly shocking short Un Chien Andalou, L'Age D'or was a surreal satire marked by sexually suggestive moments (like the scene above, where star Lya Lys sucks a statue's toe) and open mockery of organized religion.
THE FIRESTORM Audiences in Paris rioted at the premiere, hurling ink at the screen, shooting guns in the air, and slashing paintings by Dali and other modern artists in the theater lobby. Paris police subsequently banned the movie.
THE AFTERMATH For decades, the film was available only in butchered, fuzzy prints, until the movie was restored for theatrical and DVD release in 2004.
