Ana Marjanovic-Shane
4Jan13
One of the most influential surrealist films in history! What better than Dali and Bunuel? Many, today already known and antiquated film symbols, editing, and grammar were invented in this movie. Fantastic.
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Giga
27Dec12
A black and white experiment stitched together with grotesque iconography and bizarre special effects. What better way to get through 16 minutes of figments of plague, fits of passion, and a prelude to the most memorable gift that Don Corleone could ever proffer. Oh, and there's ants.
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Joe Morton
10Dec12
This movie has very little redeeming value. Maybe as a pioneering model for the use of shock value...
Mouad Lemoudden
7Nov12
wasn't very fond of it. from what i could gather, this film is not supposed to make sense in any rational way, and only meant to revolt against society in a shocking way.. so i question its artistic merit. nonetheless, i can't discredit the film for its influence on cinema and the dreamlike design.
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Ian Brydon
23Oct12
A definitive Surrealist film, Un Chien Andalou is rich in dream imagery and logic, as well as the shocking and controversial content typical of Dali's work. For this reason, this short can be difficult to watch, but is more so a challenge to decipher. At its best, the film offers an allegory of aggressive hetero-masculine lust, detailing the struggles of submitting to both the temptation and guilt of such desires.
T. J. Harman
15Sep12
Gets better every time I see it. Let me say this: I love it and it means NOTHING. It's just cool to watch. Dali and Bunuel's collective dreams are better than ours.
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Lynch/Fellini
8Jul12
A brilliant and influential motion picture that keeps us fascinated- despite the fact that it makes no sense!
Trolley Freak
8May12
This famous collaboration between Bunuel and Dali based on their mutual dreams is a series of unrelated images designed to shock the audience, beginning with the severing of a human eye and including such surreal events as a disembodied hand lying in the road and a piano containing dead donkeys being dragged across the floor. Certainly not my kind of thing but of some interest as an important piece of film history...
ramosbarajas
27Oct11
For most short films, I feel that there is always a sense of inconclusiveness; that there is no plot. With this film, however, the surrealism removes this problems. With no actual plot and, more interestingly, no narrative. The many images are haunting and dreamlike. Only one's subconscious seems capable of inventing such moments.
KARIKOMI
20Aug11
This film supports the notion that surrealism serves no meaningful purpose in film, or life, for that matter. Though I disagree with such a statement, it could easily be believed after watching such rubbish. Its only saving grace is its godfathering stature in the surreal genre itself.
Chase
13Jul11
Packed with surreal imagery. A true manifestation of the idea 'whatever you can imagine, you can film".
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killoper
24Jun11
Escritura automatica. Surrealismo. Los jovenes directores tenemos mucho que aprender de Buñuel.
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