Un chien andalou (1929)

Director:

Luis Buñuel

Writers:

Salvador Dalí (screenplay) and
Luis Buñuel (screenplay)

Release Date:

6 June 1929 (France)

Genre:

Short | Fantasy

Plot:

In a dream-like sequence, a woman's eye is slit open--juxtaposed with a similarly shaped cloud obsucuring...

Plot Keywords:

Ants | Experimental | Experimental Film | Midnight Movie | Territory Name In Title

Cast

Simone Mareuil	...	Young girl (as Simonne Mareuil)
Pierre Batcheff	...	Man (as Pierre Batchef)

Also Known As:

An Andalusian Dog (USA)

Runtime:

16 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Colour:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) (1962) (uncut) | Finland:K-16 (1977) (uncut) | Finland:(Banned) (1956 ) (uncut) | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-16 (1962) (cut) | Argentina:16 | UK:15 (video rating) (1994) | UK:X (original rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France

Trivia:

Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 25 Most Dangerous Movies".

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Piranha andalou, Le (1999)

Soundtrack:

Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod

surrealist rebellion against society

this movie may be dated in a certain sense, but the vitality and passion of its vicious rebellion against societal taboos and constraints still comes through full throttle. bunuel, master of cinematic/surrealist revolt, violates every boundary he can think of. a woman's eyeball is slashed open, her chest brutally groped, ants crawl out of a man's hand, etc. this is more of a curiosity than anything else, but I am a surrealism fanatic and love this along with Cocteau's "Blood of a Poet". the reviewers here who downplay it's value are simply wrong and probably decided in advance to dislike it to look different.