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Bookmark this pageUn Chien Andalou (1928)
Director: Luis Buñuel
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From Time Out Film Guide
Prelude: a young woman sits compliantly as Buñuel takes a razor and slices her eye open. What follows is a documentary rendering of the dream state, of dream logic; and/or a surrealist exposition involving, for example, a swarm of ants, underarm hair, a striped box, all addressing each other opaquely; and/or a Freudian sexual smorgasbord, with everything symbolising something else; and/or a contrivance by two ambitious young Spaniards to offer as much outrageousness as an artistic alibi can cover. And so on. Originally a silent, but three soundtrack versions are around, one containing the original (disc) accompaniment of Tristan and Isolde plus a tango, the others with specially composed scores by, respectively, Mauricio Kagel and Martin Matalon.Author: BBa
Cast & crew
Director: Luis Buñuel
Cast: Pierre Batcheff, Simone Mareuil, Jaime Miravilles, Jeanne Rucas, Luis Buñuel full cast
Duration: 16 mins
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