recurrent theme of discussion in interview is 'symbol' - whether psychoanalytic or political - some deliberate - some not - some open to interpretation - others possible and potentially irrelevant allegory -- I apologise for the lack of Spanish accents, tricky to do on typepad
-- the critical danger of 'allegorising' one detail as a key to an allegory unsupported in the rest of the movie
interviewer, Jose de la Colina:"I remember one critic said that The exterminating angel was an anti-Communist film because the menacing bear that appeared for a moment in the Nobile's house represented ... the Soviet Union!"
Bunuel: "(Laughs) And another critic said it was really a pro-Communist film because the bear had entered to free the servants. But the bear represented nothing more than a bear, and, by the way, he never managed to eat anyone".
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