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Un Chien Andalou (1929)
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Reviews Counted:19
Fresh:19
Rotten:0
Average Rating:9.3/10
Runtime: 55 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Hailed as a surrealistic cinematic masterpiece, UN CHIEN ANDALOU forms the meeting of two brilliant minds--those of arch painter and sculptor Salvador Dali, and fellow Spaniard and legendary... Hailed as a surrealistic cinematic masterpiece, UN CHIEN ANDALOU forms the meeting of two brilliant minds--those of arch painter and sculptor Salvador Dali, and fellow Spaniard and legendary filmmaker Luis Bunuel. Shot in 1929, the duo plunged headlong into their fantastic imaginations, pulling ideas from their subconscious minds, and presenting them on screen. Based on dreams that Bunuel and Dali had experienced, their one rule for shooting was to reject conventional narrative so that any meaning attached to the piece was purely in the eye of the beholder. Which leads neatly into the most infamous scene in UN CHIEN ANDALOU; namely the close-up shot of an eyeball being pierced by a razor, which may not appeal to the fainthearted viewer, but is certainly one of the most talked about scenes in cinema history. Provocative, shocking, and powerful, the legend of UN CHIEN ANDALOU still resonates throughout the film world with an intensity that will remain undiminished for many years to come. [More]
Director: Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali
Director: Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali
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Reviews for Un Chien Andalou
This is the avant-garde masterpiece with the razor across an eyeball and dead donkeys sprawled across pianos.
It was released in 1929, but it still has the power to make audiences cringe today and it may remain the most notorious 16 minutes of film ever made.
Arguably the most notorious 16 minutes of film ever made, Un Chien andalou is still cinema's most potent manifesto of the irrational and the surreal.
Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali's Un Chien Andalou is absolutely essential viewing for anyone seriously interested in cinema.
Absolutely essential viewing for anyone seriously interested in cinema.
an introduction to the power of the irrational and to the concept that art could exist for its own sake
It may be short, it may even be dated, but this unnerving slice of surrealist psychedelia is the reason we all dream in black and white.
Luis Buñuel began his movie career with the most notorious opening sequence in movie history.
... no doubt that Buñuel's initial foray helped establish cinema as a true art form
The result of an amalgamation of the dreams of a madman (Dali) and a genius (Buñuel), Un Chien Andalou shocked the world three quarters of a decade ago and continues to do so today.
A movie like this is a tonic. It assaults old and unconscious habits of moviegoing.
Though Un Chien Andalou is a rich composite of symbols, Buñuel refuses to allow his symbols to speak for themselves.
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