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"What??"

Written By: Mylene P. Araujo

It seems like this film is not my cup of tea, or maybe I'm missing something, am I? I know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but this beholder couldn't find any beauty in this film. I try to be open minded when it comes to art, but I also think that there's a fine line between art and rubbish, and to me this film classifies as the latter one.

The reviewers can talk as much as they want about surrealism and Freudian stuff, but to me Un Chien Andalou is nothing but a pile of nonsense, a complete waste of my time. It lasts only 17 minutes, just as well! I loved Bunuel's Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie and that's the reason why I picked this film. I should have known better, Salvador Dali is part of it.

"Added features interview makes this interesting"

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Chien Andalou is a classic Surrealist video from 1929 put together by Luis Bunuel and Salvator Dali. It is only about 20 minutes long but is quite interesting. I have heard about this film all my life but have finally gotten around to watching it (4 times). It is on streaming video on the Internet but I found the DVD of Chien Andalou very good because Bunuel's son does a long commentary added feature on his father, the film and Dali that was very interesting. He says that Surrealism is the basis of all advertising because of its attempt to show you the everyday in a way that pulls you out of normal consciousness (surreal) and see it as new, thereby jogging your brain and making the image last. He also talks a lot about his dad and Dali and Garcia Lorca as three college friends who went on to fame and how they got along.

"One for the Dogs"

Written By: Randy Keehn

I have enjoyed a number of films by Bunuel and I had heard that "Un Chien Andalou" was one of his best. I watched it and I apparently am not in the proper mindset to appreciate "art". There were scenes that clearly were experimental and scenes that may intrigue some viewers. However, it is not really a movie; it's an experiment. Serious students of film will, no doubt, be in awe of "Un Chien Andalou". However, it reminds me of the last film I saw with input from Salvador Dali; "Spellbound". I first saw it at a college theater in Minneapolis many years ago. I liked the movie but the thing I always remember about that viewing were the oohs and aahs when the Dali sequences appeared. There were a number of other unique aspects to that movie that came and went in complete silence that day. That experience helped me to realize that some people decide ahead of time what is going to impress them. If "Un Chien Andalou" helped Bunuel and others learn to make better films then lets applaud his effort. I've seen it once now and once is enough. Fortunately Bunuel went on to create better movies.

"Like a dream"

Written By: M. Bedernik

I first saw this in a film class I took at USC during my undergrad. Could not remember the name of it but I finally found it.

I love this movie because its as inexplicable as people's dreams. Your (or at least my) dreams are often strewn bits of random images that somehow make sense while you are dreaming, that give an overall feeling of what's happening, but try to explain it in once you wake up and one can find themselves at a loss for words. But Dali knew exactly how to visually tell the story of something as random as our dreams.

"thanks"

Written By: Shannon A. Miller

Great movie and my Spanish classes loved the extras that included interviews with Bunel's son that gave some great insight!