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Further thoughts on the Certified Weird “Un Chien Andalou” (1929) “Moving pictures merely repeat what we have been told for centuries by novels and plays. Thus, a marvelous instrument for the expression of poetry and dreams (the subconscious world) is reduced to the role of simple REPEATER of stories expressed by other art forms.”–Luis Bunuel . . . → Read More: BUNUEL’S “UN CHIEN ANDALOU” (1929) An Andalusian Dog “No idea or image that might lend itself to a rational explanation of any kind would be accepted… We had to open all doors to the irrational and keep only those images that surprised us, without trying to explain why.”–Luis Buñuel on Un Chien Andalou DIRECTED BY: Luis Buñuel FEATURING: Simone Mareuil, . . . → Read More: 117. UN CHIEN ANDALOU (1929) DIRECTED BY: Paul Morrison FEATURING: Robert Pattison, Javier Beltrán PLOT: In Madrid in the 1920s, with Dadaism in full flourish and Surrealism in its infancy, soon-to-be-famous poet Federico García Lorca flirts with soon-to-be-famous painter Salvador Dalí while soon-to-be-famous director Luis Buñuel hangs around. WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: It’s subject is Surrealism, . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: LITTLE ASHES (2008) |
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