La fantôme de la liberté 1974

Vincent Canby, New York Times: The physical production is stunning to look at. The cast is large, first-rate, but the presence that dazzles us is that of the Old Master, just off screen, mercilessly testing our senses of sanity and humor. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: The challenging lack of a narrative center doesn't prevent this film from having a great deal to say about the modern world and its ambivalent grasp of freedom. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A tour de force, a triumph by a director confronting almost impossible complications and contradictions and mastering them. It's very funny, all right, but remember: With Bunuel, you only laugh when it hurts. Read more

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Jessica Winter, Village Voice: Albeit scattershot, Phantom does cohere as a satire of keeping up appearances in which everything is as it appears. Read more