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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. L'Âge d'Or (The
Golden Age) is a 1930 surrealist film directed by Luis Buñuel and
written by Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. The film cost a million francs to
produce and was financed by the nobleman Vicomte Charles de Noailles,
who beginning in 1928 commissioned a film every year for the birthday of
his wife Marie-Laure de Noailles. When it was first released, there was
a storm of protest. The film premiered at Studio 28 in Paris on 29
November 1930 after receiving its permit from the Board of Censors. In
order to get the permit, Buñuel had to present the film to the Board as
the dream of a madman. On 3 December 1930, a group of incensed members
of the fascist League of Patriots threw ink at the screen, assaulted
members of the audience, and destroyed art works by Dalí, Joan Miró, Man
Ray, Yves Tanguy and others on display in the lobby. On 10 December, the
Prefect of Police of Paris, Jean Chiappe, arranged to have the film
banned after the Board of Censors reviewed the film
