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Aka_Aka_Aka
Aug 06, 2016Aka_Aka_Aka rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Well, back in 1961 Viridiana may have been banned in Spain and, yes, even denounced by the Vatican (Hey! What a great way to get plenty of free advertising for your film and spark lots of unfounded interest from the public eager to see it) - But, today, you can surely bet that this insignificant piece of cinematic fluff would be laughed right off the screen for its sheer naivety. You know, it really figures that Viridiana's story came from the insipid and uninspired head of one of Europe's most over-rated, avant-garde directors of them all, Luis Bunuel. How this two-bit film-maker ever earned the respected reputation that he inevitably did is beyond me. All-in-all - Viridiana was nothing but mediocre film-making, at best. And, just because it's a vintage, foreign film doesn't, in any way, make it exempt from receiving some harsh and objective criticism that it so rightly deserves.