Review of Un Chien Andalou (1929) by Daren F — 21 Nov 2008
After seeing this film, I believe that I will never see a film as surreal as this, the movie attacks the customs of cinema and pushes the limits of the status qua and what one believes to be "tasteful".
Even today this film has a shock like quality, nothing like it did in the 20s but still the image of a cloud cutting the moon and then a razor cutting an eye is powerful, and one of the most memorable scenes in cinema.
Dali and Bunuel, two of the greatest artists of the surrealist movement, team up here for the first time to make a movie that slaps film in the face and then kicks it in the balls. There is no coherence, they actual mock the idea of coherence, there is a sexual frankness with scenes of graphic nudity (for the 20s), a need to attack the institutions of society (the church), and pushes the savagery of life in your face.
I just realized this is the greatest work of surrealism on screen, it is not the greatest film to use surrealism but it is the most purely surreal and it is on the level of Dali's greatest paintings.
This is a balls to the wall surrealist masterpiece that is infinitely enjoyable.
This review of Un Chien Andalou (1929) was written by Daren F on 21 Nov 2008.
Un Chien Andalou has generally received very positive reviews.
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