Un Chien Andalou / An Andalusian Dog (Luis Bunuel, 1928, France)
Rating: M Running time: 17 minutes
One of the most famous of all art house films despite being only 17 mins long, this is a film that continues to intrigue whenever one sees it. Co-scripted by Bunuel and Salvador Dali and made under the influence of Andre Breton's Surrealist Manifesto it was intended to follow a dream-like or "automatist" logic. It has the unforgettable image of the young woman's eye being slit by a razor, ant's crawling from the palm of a hand and other images intended to shock the bourgeoisie and subvert what was then understood as cinematic aestheticism and already contains many of the elements that would become thematic constants in Bunuel's work. BH
DVD Extras: Commentary by Melbourne film academic, Michael Koller and a 60 m documenatry on the life and work of Dali. Comes in a handsome 2 disc set that includes Bunuel's 1933, documentary, Las Hurdes.
DVD available from: Umbrella Entertainment
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