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Luis Buñuel (1900-1983) is distinguished today as “the father of cinematic Surrealism” for creating subversive classics from the beginning of his career, L’ Âge d’or (1930), until the ruin, That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) . What a shock to behold, then, that his only English-language film, the once all-but-lost Robinson Crusoe (1954), is a straightforward adventure epic with all of the fun and social comment of the timeless Daniel Defoe modern but with nary a sliced eyeball to be found.
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I’m definite ya’ll know the yarn, and the film is faithful: Capture is shipwrecked on a tropical island, saves what he can from the ship before it goes down, and spends most of the rest of the 17th century dodging wild animals, cannibals, and pirates before hooking up with his man Friday.
In the early sequences, we explore that Crusoe is all but helpless, not even able to obtain a fire with no servants to benefit him. Over the years, he not only perseveres, but triumphs over his environment, building a quite friendly fortress of solitude. The loneliness gets to him, though, particularly once his dog dies – “I learned to master everything on my island – except myself!” he ruminates. In a masterful scene, he dreams of his father, who chides him for going off to sea; in another, he feeds some exiguous ants to some broad ones, which means something, but don’t ask me what. Once he rescues Friday from the cannibals, he gains – not a friend, but a servant, and when his suspicions of Friday gain the best of him, Crusoe clamps him in leg irons he rescued from the smash (he was on a slaving mission, although why he’d want to carry heavy chains from the sinking ship is anybody’s guess) . Eventually, he comes to spy Friday as an equal, albeit a lesser one, which leads to a toothsome argument about God and the devil between Crusoe and Friday, and if Hitchcock made Psycho objective so he could film the shower scene, I can leer Buñuel (product of a strict religious upbringing) making Crusoe fair for this scene.
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A major feather in the proverbial cap for VCI Entertainment, Robinson Crusoe is treated to a vivid restoration and even includes a few worthwhile extras: the trailer, a poster gallery, an audio interview with Crusoe star Dan O’Herlihy (an Oscar nominee in the role; he lost to Brando in On The Waterfront), and an insert copy of the pressbook. There’s also a “before and after” restoration featurette, so you can be pleased how worthy work went into the digitally remastered edition. Highly recommended.
First, VCI deserves a lot of credit for restoring and releasing this obscure work from the Spanish master. This appears to be a tape transfer with a magnificent decent restoration. Largely considered lost by many, and filmed on a cheap film stock to inaugurate with, this is about the best anyone could have hoped for. Colors are a radiant but muddy, and shift at unfamiliar times — some times with deep blues, then with a sunless greens. Whatever the case, a elegant nice film to eye at, and the audio is splendid wonderful.
The film itself is magnificent bizarre. Its a bit curious that Bunuel would attempt a straight adaptation of Defoe’s celebrated adventure current into a desirable genre film. The substantial fun of this film is that its a very cheeky bit of self-mockery. The whole style of the film is a deliberate aping of the illustrations found in children’s books, and contrasting this puerile and comical style is Bunuel subtle, often hilarious, jabs at the doubtful morality of Crusoe and his myth.
I read it as a bit of an anti-colonialist satire. Bunuel’s adventure begins with Crusoe defying his strict father and setting out “…scramble to Africa to rep slaves.” From the very get-go, Bunuel’s distress is the paternal master/slave relationship. Early in the film, Crusoe has a haunting and perverse dream about his tyrannical Puritan father refusing him water, which is by far the most “Bunuelesque” scene of the film. Crusoe eventually does adapt to his area on the island, after discovering the Bible and finding a current father figure, God. He piously devotes his attentions to honoring God, yelling scriptures on the hilltops and noting the Sabbath by notching it on a wood plank. With the relieve of his fresh master, Crusoe restores order to his chaotic original life.
But Bunuel continues to stab at Crusoe — when making a scarecrow, he dresses up a wooden inappropriate in a woman’s dress. Bunuel holds on Crusoe as, sinning in his heart, he looks benefit amorously at the dressed-up spoiled. Later, when Crusoe finds an uncivilized barbarian, “Friday,” he Anglicizes him by finicking over Friday’s physical appearance: cutting his hair, giving him a gold necklace, etc. However, when Friday puts on a woman’s dress, his “Master” Crusoe is immediately heart-broken, and become inexplicably indignant. The point is hard to miss.
Not to be overlooked, also, is the humanity of the film. When it’s not being so cruel, it does provide a petite bit of the familiar Defoe pathos. Crusoe is, after all, a lonely and confused man trying to design sense of an alien environment. Its difficult to scream how mighty of this existential angst is Bunuel, and how considerable of it is Defoe, but it is expose.
If you get on to the humor, then this film will be very funny for any Bunuel fan. And, without a doubt, Bunuel’s hand is all over this film. Shots of bugs, irreverent and dry humor, unflattering portraits of warped characters — it may not be the Discreet Charm, but this “lost” Opus should delight any fan. For those who don’t know who Bunuel is, it’ll objective be a fun B-grade adaption of Defoe. Everyone wins.
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