DOCUMENTED LIFE
From immediate shock to subtler disturbance
Buñuel made Un chien andalou in 1929 and ended his filmmaking career with That Obscure Object of Desire in 1977. The intervening path included censorship: the BFI notes that Viridiana was banned in Spain in 1961.[1]
The institute's retrospective also describes a change of method. His later French collaborations with Jean-Claude Carrière placed fantasy within otherwise familiar narratives. Once audiences recognized overt strangeness, another form of disturbance became possible. These milestones suggest a creative choice: keep a question sharp while changing how it reaches the viewer.
TRADITIONAL INTERPRETATION
A light that seeks another angle
For February 22, 1900, the three date pillars are Geng-Zi, Wu-Yin and Bing-Yin. Bing fire can symbolize an image that suddenly illuminates a habit; the two Yin wood branches suggest forms continuing to unfold. Geng metal supplies an image of identifying the question inside an apparently ordinary order.
The imagery does not explain his ideas or make censorship inevitable. His birth hour is unknown. The films need actual viewing; a chart cannot supply the viewer's aesthetic judgment.
EDITORIAL REFLECTION
Keep the method learning
When an audience already knows how a creator will surprise it, surprise can become routine. Buñuel's changes of approach invite writers and artists to reconsider a successful device before it hardens into a signature they can no longer escape.