Okay, I know I got your attention with my summary. I said what I did both to provoke you (which is exactly what Luis Buñuel deliberately did in most of his movies) and to make a point. The point is that if you asked most folks to join you in a meal consisting of brains, they would say 'no way!' and think you were crazy (unless the person you ask is Andrew Zimern). This is EXACTLY like asking the average person to watch a Buñuel film. It's so strange and artsy that only a tiny percentage of viewers would have any desire to see it in the first place or stick with it once it begins. As for me, I have love some of his films but have found others just too unpleasant to watch--and I'd put "The Milky Way" in this category.
Basically, this is an Absurdist film (a type movie is generally hate)--and it's really not supposed to make any sense much of the time. So, when you see the priest tossing coffee in the policeman's face, there really isn't any reason for this other than the writer/director wanted to do this. Thinking about WHY in an Absurdist film will just make your brain explode--or at least give you a headache! On top of that, scattered very liberally throughout the film are lots and lots of allusions to Christianity--LOTS. I'm pretty sure many at the time this film debuted felt it was rather sacrilegious but to me it just seemed pretty dopey after a while--like there wasn't any payoff other than giving Buñuel a chance to air his gripes about Christianity (a very common theme in his films). Unpleasant and pretty dopey. I know many will think I am just an ignorant fool for not giving this film a great review, but I just didn't enjoy myself and that is why I watch films.
Basically, this is an Absurdist film (a type movie is generally hate)--and it's really not supposed to make any sense much of the time. So, when you see the priest tossing coffee in the policeman's face, there really isn't any reason for this other than the writer/director wanted to do this. Thinking about WHY in an Absurdist film will just make your brain explode--or at least give you a headache! On top of that, scattered very liberally throughout the film are lots and lots of allusions to Christianity--LOTS. I'm pretty sure many at the time this film debuted felt it was rather sacrilegious but to me it just seemed pretty dopey after a while--like there wasn't any payoff other than giving Buñuel a chance to air his gripes about Christianity (a very common theme in his films). Unpleasant and pretty dopey. I know many will think I am just an ignorant fool for not giving this film a great review, but I just didn't enjoy myself and that is why I watch films.