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THE AGE OF GOLD -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY
directed by Luis Bunuel, starring Gaston Modot and Lya Lys
© 2004 Edmond de la Haye Jousselin
Luis Bunuel's L'AGE D'OR
L'AGE D'OR
Film sonore et parlant de Luis Bunuel
enregistre par les Films Sonores Tobis Paris Procedes standard Tobis - Klang Film
Interpretation: Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque, Max Ernst, Llorens Artigas, Lionel Salem, Mme Noizet, Duchange, Ibanez
Scenario de Bunuel et Dali; Assistants: Brunius et Heyman; Operateur: Duverger; Decorateur: Schildtnecht; Regisseur: Gastaldi; Directeur de prises de sons: Dr. P.P. Brauer; Chef d'Orchestre: Armand Bernard; Affiches de Vigneau
The scorpion is an arachoid species found in various parts of the world
Its tail comprises five prismatic joints
The pincers, recalling those of the larger crayfish ...
... are instruments of aggression and information
Its tail ends in a sixth joint ...
... a sac from which poison is injected by barbed sting
A lover of darkness, it burrows under stones ...
... to escape the glare of the sun
Antisocial, it ejects the intruder on its solitude
Such lightning strikes, such virtuosity in attack
Even a rat, for all its fury, falls prey to it
Some hours later
Stop it!
Perhaps I just happened to fall?
No. We saw nothing.
Is there any news, yes or no?
Yes, the Majorcans are here.
Quick, to arms!
To the rear!
What about Peman?
I'm done for.
So are we, but we're going.
Yes, but you've got accordions ...
... hippopatamuses, wrenches ...
... mountain goats, and ...
Bollocks! Let's go.
... and paintbrushes.
1930 A.D. This stone, on the site where the Majorcans died ...
... marks the founding of the city of ...
... Imperial Rome.