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      Un Chien Andalou

      1929 16m Drama Fantasy List
      100% 26 Reviews Tomatometer 85% 10,000+ Ratings Audience Score A collection of shocking and surreal images. Read More Read Less
      Un Chien Andalou

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      A hugely influential masterpiece stuffed with iconic sequences, Un Chien Andalou has lost none of its power to enthrall - or unsettle.

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      Roger Ebert RogerEbert.com A movie like this is a tonic. It assaults old and unconscious habits of moviegoing. It is disturbing, frustrating, maddening. It seems without purpose... Rated: 4/4 Nov 2, 2023 Full Review Philippa Hawker The Age (Australia) It is a mysterious, free-associating accumulation of images of violence, beauty and absurdity that confounded those who saw it then and confounds viewers still. Oct 12, 2007 Full Review Bob Baker Time Out [It's] a documentary rendering of the dream state, of dream logic... and/or a contrivance by two ambitious young Spaniards to offer as much outrageousness as an artistic alibi can cover. Jun 24, 2006 Full Review Adrian Martin Film Critic: Adrian Martin Buñuel scrupulously respects certain conventions of classical continuity and linkage, creating a certain, disquieting narrative sense among these fragments from the unconscious. Rated: 4.5/5 Nov 2, 2023 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills A surrealist classic... Sep 14, 2023 Full Review Brian Susbielles InSession Film Buñuel had shocked the world... Mar 2, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Christian K You could certainly call it disturbing, bizarre, and weird. Could you imagine dreaming that your girls armpit hair replaced your mouth? Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/25/24 Full Review Frank P I saw this as part of an intro to a David Bowie concert back in the 80's. Fascinating with the exception of the revolting eyeball footage. Would never want to see it again. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/06/23 Full Review Mu S Icônico e uma história estranha, mas muito bom por sinal. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/10/23 Full Review Dane W S U R R E A L as hell. they start the movie by cutting somebody's eye Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/21/23 Full Review Matthew B Any attempt to put together the enfant terrible of cinema and the enfant terrible of the art world was bound to result in mischief. In 1929, this took the form of Un Chien Andalou. The title refers to a Spanish expression: "An Andalusian dog howls –someone has died". Other than catching the sinister mood of this production, the title is largely meaningless. The two collaborators who made Un Chien Andalou were the artist Salvador Dali and the future film-maker, Luis Buñuel. Both men were Spanish, surrealists, iconoclasts and born troublemakers. What made Un Chien Andalou memorable was shock value. It must be the most famous shocking film of the silent era. It includes such images as an eyeball being slashed by a razor, ants crawling out of a hole in a man's hand, another hand that has been severed, the rotting corpses of two donkeys lying across two pianos, and a couple of young lovers half-buried and seemingly dead on a beach. The film is said to have been intended to present suppressed human emotions as its subject matter. This would certainly explain the weird and ugly images on screen, but I would be inclined to take such an explanation of the film very lightly. In truth the danger of watching Un Chien Andalou is to look for meaning or symbolism where there is none. The images in the film came largely from the dreams of Dali and Buñuel. The film seeks to maintain that dream logic. The imagery is surrealistic. The chain of events is presented without connection. There is no continuity or causation. If you wish to seek meaning or an explanation for what is happening, then you are wasting your time. The message here is precisely the lack of message. The film has no narrative or story, and exists as art. I wrote a longer appreciation of the film on my blog page if you are interested in reading more. It can be found at: https://themoviescreenscene.wordpress.com/2020/09/10/un-chien-andalou-an-andalusian-dog-1929/ Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/17/23 Full Review Elvis D La película no tiene argumento, es solo una secuencia de imágenes y eventos raros y no hay palabras para describirlo. Solo puedo decir que es bastante surrealista y alucinante, que la verdad la hace una película difícil de entender, pero fascinante al mismo tiempo. La idea provino de un sueño que Salvador y Luis tuvieron y se les ocurrió plasmarlo en una película. Por la extraña manera en que fue hecha, no puedo dejar de pensar que tal vez esta película fue lo que pudo haber dado origen a los vídeos musicales, ya que no se diferencia mucho de ellos. Un Chien Andalu es actualmente considerado una obra maestra que no solo marco la historia del cine, sino también la historia del arte. Una película que recomiendo solo para los amantes del arte y el cine. Mi nota para esta película es un 9/10. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A collection of shocking and surreal images.
      Director
      Luis Buñuel
      Screenwriter
      Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí
      Genre
      Drama, Fantasy
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Feb 21, 2021
      Runtime
      16m