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Un Chien Andalou
A scabrous study of desire, the subconscious and anti-clericalism - Buñuel and Dalí’s provocative first film is a classic of Surrealist cinema.
Animation & Artists Moving Image 1928 16 mins Silent
Director: Luis Buñuel
Overview
“Seventeen minutes of pure, scandalous dream-imagery…reveals itself at each viewing to be richer and more indefinable, as the sensitivity of its shades of each mood become apparent.’ – Raymond Durgnat Buñuel and Dalí’s provocative first collaboration, a classic of Surrealist cinema, is a scabrous study of desire, the subconscious and anti-clericalism.
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