Buñuel: Atheist Thanks to God

00:21:28 ...organized by Alain Bergala...

00:21:53 ...about the study of Christianity...

00:22:20 He's deeply moved by the Virgin Mary.

00:22:50 ...because the film is based upon these contradictions...

00:23:12 ...to be able to say, "I'm sure I have faith. "

00:23:34 - See this rosary? - Of course.

00:23:55 Faith does not come to us through reason...

00:24:09 Films have to be too.

00:24:36 He didn't want people to attach any importance to it. He loathed psychology.

00:24:56 ...that he'd finally understood the psychological makeup of his character. "

00:25:15 This kind of analysis horrified him.

00:25:39 "This obsession to understand, and therefore to belittle.

00:26:01 ...we might discover a happiness that is similar to innocence. "

00:26:29 Buñuel knows something that every artist needs to know...

00:26:51 And we must respect this added dimension...

00:27:18 We have two blind men who come across Jesus...

00:27:49 "Lord, a bird just flew over. I heard its wings beating. "

00:28:16 ...that suggests they're still blind.

00:28:54 ...because maybe they didn't want...

00:29:19 On the other hand, a miracle might well have taken place...

00:29:45 Miracles needn't be showy. The point is well made here.

00:30:09 Not to mention that it perfectly reflects the whole of Buñuel's work...

00:30:36 I have come to set a man against his father...

00:30:55 BUÑUEL - ATHEIST THANKS TO GOD