Los olvidados (1950)'s activity

Bunuel is one of my favorite directors, and he has done so much to push forward the art of film. Here he tells a story very grounded in reality, deviant from a lot of his more surrealist work. That dark, dream-like style is still present throughout this, and The Young and the Damned might be his most brutal. On this rewatch I was struck most by the array of layered characters. The blind man is both sympathetic and reprehensible, his views seem to reflect those of a lot Mexicans throughout this time in history, yearning for the security a more violent government provided. The principal at the farm school displays antithetical beliefs to the blind man, wishing more to nurture and prepare the youth for the future (and the future for the youth). A showcase for the poetry of relationships in a community, albeit tragic.