I’ve been instructed to post these anecdotes so that someone can refer to them here and read them whenever she wants.
1. When Bunuel was in college (he studied entomology) he would frequently ride the public streetcars dressed as a nun. Tarted up this way (if that is the right expression), it amused him to feel up strange men.
2. During the civil war Bunuel acted as a courier between certain officials in Barcelona and the Soviet embassy in Switzerland. In this capacity he frequently had to drive across the Franco-Catalan border, where the checkpoints were sometimes controlled by Anarchist troops. They would often harass those who had papers issued by the Communist government, rather than their own party. On one occasion, Bunuel grew tired of this and when asked for his papers he simply said, “I shit on God!” and was let past without further incident.

1. When Bunuel was in college (he studied entomology) he would frequently ride the public streetcars dressed as a nun. Tarted up this way (if that is the right expression), it amused him to feel up strange men.
2. During the civil war Bunuel acted as a courier between certain officials in Barcelona and the Soviet embassy in Switzerland. In this capacity he frequently had to drive across the Franco-Catalan border, where the checkpoints were sometimes controlled by Anarchist troops. They would often harass those who had papers issued by the Communist government, rather than their own party. On one occasion, Bunuel grew tired of this and when asked for his papers he simply said, “I shit on God!” and was let past without further incident.
