Whilst not ranking with some of Bunuel's better work (Exterminating Angel, Discrete Charm of the Beourgoisie, et al.), this rather short (due to under-funding), witty and dazzlingly surrealist production ultimately succeeds in attacking religion quite blatantly. The 'devil' appears to Bunuel in the form of a beautiful young girl, who tempts him and, in a head-scratching final scene, takes him on a plane to see a satanic ritual, or disco thing. Is Bunuel relating our youth culture to satanism in a vicious attack on modern disco culture? No, I think he's just having a laugh.
Review of Simon of the Desert
