Director(s)Luis Bu?uel
Producer(s)Luis Buñuel
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Un chien andalou Overview:

Un chien andalou (1929) was a Silent Films - Short Films Film directed by Luis Bu?uel and produced by Luis Buñuel.

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Short Film Saturday: Un Chien Andalou (1929)

By Bernardo Villela on Jan 17, 2015 From The Movie Rat

It’s rare that I post a short here and play the essential card. Surrealism works differently on different people. Not everyone will react identically to all films, much less this one. However, the first, boldest attempt to have film function as a dream is worth making note of and studying. Enj... Read full article


Top 250 Tuesday: #094 – Un Chien Andalou (1929)

By Michael on Sep 17, 2013 From Durnmoose Movie Musings

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #144 on the list, Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali‘s? Un Chien Andalou. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a heads-u... Read full article


Top 250 Tuesday: #094 – Un Chien Andalou (1929)

By Michael on Sep 17, 2013 From Durnmoose Movie Musings

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #144 on the list, Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali‘s? Un Chien Andalou. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a heads-u... Read full article


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David Bowie began every concert in his 1976 "Station to Station" tour by showing this film. (If you've ever heard an audience groan at the opening scene, imagine an entire auditorium, most of whom were undoubtedly seeing it for the first time.)
This film is referred to in the song "Debaser" by Pixies.
During the bicycle scene, the woman who is sitting on a chair, reading, throws the book aside. The image it shows when it lays open is a reproduction of a painting by Vermeer. Vermeer was a Dutch painter greatly admired by Salvador Dalí, and whom Dalí referenced often in his own paintings.
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