Episode Details

(Ensayo de un crimen) (1995/Mexico; 91min. b&w, sound); Dir. Luis Buñuel. Cast: Ernesto Alonso, Miroslava Stern. A bizarre comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan.

On this episode of Cinema Then, Cinema Now, Professor Jerry Carlson (College of Staten Island) sits down with Paul Lenti (ORG) and Ilan Stavans (Baruch College) to discuss the Luis Buñuel film, The Criminal Life of Archibaldo De la Cruz (Mexico, 1955). The film is reviewed as part of a series titled Luis Buñuel in Mexico. Recorded on May 6th, 1992 at the Borough of Manhattan Community College Media Center.

Efforts to preserve this program were made possible by "Uncovering CUNY's Audiovisual Heritage," a project funded by Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).