Un chien andalou (1929) [ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!!]
Has anybody seen this french film??? It's insane. Here's a clip from the movie:
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I saw a short part of it. I think it's far ahead of it's time.
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This is the one that started it all! IMO this is the film that inspired Ruggeto Deodato and Paolo Pasolin, and also Lucio Fulci (the eye scene). Indeed, this film is base on surrealism. Personally, I never had the chance to watch it. But the eye scene is very notirous. Hope this baby comes out on DVD soon. I think is only available in VHS.
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-Paul Atreides
I just know very little about the film, but I think Un Chien Andalou is about of seventeen minutes long, and is full of bizarre and surreal images that may or may not mean anything. Or might be symbolic depending on how the viewer interprits the images.
Well, this might sound like a poor example: Remenber the Ring? The VHS tape is full of surreal images, so is kinda like that. A movie about art and extreme gore mixed up with some strange unusual images. Does that help?
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"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when my fear is gone I will turn and face fears path, and only I will remain."
-Paul Atreides
Being a huge admirer of DADA and the surrealist movement this little movie floated my boat. (Along with L’Age d’Or) You just can't undervalue the impact of these films.
I've never seen it on DVD - but a Luis Buñuel Box Set did get released last month at the same time as Godard & Renoir.
I saw they were releasing those box sets a couple of months ago, but I never found out if they were any good. Do you know anything about the tranfer and the extras?
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Sep 13th, 2004 02:50 AM
