Los Olvidados | 
| Director: Luis Bunuel
Actors: Alfonso Mejia, Roberto Cobo, Estela Inda, Miguel Inclan, Alma Delia Fuentes
Studio: Connoisseur Video
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 4916
Format: Color, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Original Language), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 80 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6303593178
UPC: 045922120078
EAN: 9786303593173
ASIN: 6303593178
Theatrical Release Date: March 24, 1952
Release Date: August 3, 1989
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Condition: EXCELLENT CONDITION - IN SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES - EX-RENTAL WITH LITTLE OR NO PLAY - FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION.
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Classic Bunuel. October 11, 2003
Mr. Fellini (El Paso, Texas United States)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
"Los Olvidados" remains a landmark in not only Hispanic cinema, but world cinema as a whole. It marked the return of Luis Bunuel after two decades of obscurity and proved he was more than just a memorable name from the Surrealist movement in Europe. "Los Olvidados" is gritty, surreal storytelling at it's finest, Bunuel masterfully mixes the storytelling with dreamlike touches to create a film that is unforgettable and timeless. The film follows the lives of children living in the poverty-stricken areas of Mexico City, there is little hope in their daily living for social advancement and they resort to crime to fulfill their needs. A murder for revenge eventually creates friction between two friends and sends them on a dangerous odyssey. "Los Olvidados" is a striking social commentary, even more so today because anyone who has lived or traveled through Latin America can fully relate to the issues the film explores. Consider that the youth culture in "Los Olvidados," made in 1950, is no different from that which is shown in a more recent, equally great Mexican film, "Amores Perros," made in 2000. Bunuel paints here on a canvas of love, death, revenge, lust and murder.The images are rich and the writing is on par with the visuals, especially since Bunuel takes what would in other circumstances be seen as simple storytelling and turns it into a work full of great depth and visceral energy, there is even a hypnotic dream sequence that reminds us that Bunuel was a surrealist first and foremost in his filmmaking. When the movie first came out it won him a Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival and played for months in Paris and London, influencing many a young aspiring filmmakers, including Roman Polanski who remembers seeing the film as true literature. "Los Olvidados" has survived the test of time, and like all great movies it only grows better with age.
A Masterpiece. July 13, 2000
Mr. Fellini (El Paso, Texas United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
"Los Olvidados" is a masterpiece of a film, a true work of graphic realism in the cinema. Of course it is, it being directed by the great genius Luis Bunuel. "Los Olvidados" is a great film, richly photographed with a gritty, graphic feeling and superbly written and acted. Bunuel takes deep into the world of poverty and the consequences and events surrounding children living on the streets. It is not just an examination of juvenile crime in Mexico, but on juvenile crime as a whole. It examines what happens to people who grow without a good home, education or parents. "Los Olvidados" can also be seen as a study of the dark side of man. Bunuel looks at reality unblinkingly and makes a movie that can be hypnotic at times. It is beautiful, in a dark way. The realism can be felt vibrating off the screen and "Los Olvidados" can take on the disturbing feeling of a street documentary equipped with murder, lust and violence. Bunuel also adds a touch of eroticism that elevates the material. "Los Olvidados" is a slice of true cinema, Mexican or otherwise. It displays the masterful talent that Bunuel possessed for realism in the cinema. This is an effective, unforgettable movie. One of the greatest works ever made in Latin cinema.
La piedra angular de Bunuel February 15, 2001
Enrique Guevara (Monterrey N.L. Mex)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Los olvidoados es la pelicula que marco el retorno de Bunuel a las grandes ligas cinematograficas. Despues de mas de 20 anos alejado del cine comercial, Los olvidados es la muestra que bunuel no es un fosil del surrealismo sino que sabe hacer cine tan contemporaneo como antes. La pelicula tien un ritmo muy marcado y muy bueno. Los personajes estan muy bien construidos y la trama es cruda y real. Es el retrato de una sociedad que preferia vese como un Pedro Infante cantador, que como una jungla en donde todos contra todos para sobrevivir. Bunuel muestra que no hay buenos y si muchos malos y que las circunsatancias dictan el pan de cada dia. La mejor pelicula Mexicana para un publico profano. Excelente.
 compelling work May 18, 2005
GyroPyro (Guttenberg, New Jersey United States)
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
One of Bunuel's best films. Deeply disturbing--mirrors what's happening today in the poor neighborhoods of the United States. As awful as this sounds, the film makes an excellent argument for abortion--if the parents are not willing to raise their babies in a proper, loving manner, society will suffer as the unloved children will surely turn to gangster rap. You can find a copy of this film on DVD on the "Viva Mexico" series--though in Spanish, the film comes with English subtitles. Also features the 'happy' alternate ending which, thankfully, was never used.
Plight of the hopeless August 22, 2005
muskiedine (U.S.)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Undoubtedly Los Olvidados is a significant standard of comparison for all films dealing with the cruelty and despair of life at its most despairing. Bunuel is a genius to capture such horror in the form of realism, with just a touch of surrealism with the dream scene. However, realism overall seems to become surrealism in that what occurs is difficult to stomach, difficult to imagine. It's easier of course to watch this with the typical detachment that has become a part of our lives; the challenge however is to watch it and let it hit and hit hard because it is reality and more so now than ever before.
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