Un Chien andalou

1. Un Chien andalou 1929

2. Collaboration Luis Buñuel Salvador Dalí 1900 - 1983 1904 -1989 (Director) (Co-screenwriter)

3. Salvador Dalí. Luis Buñuel (1924). Oil on canvas.

4. Background • The script was an easy and joyful collaboration between Buñuel and Dalí. • According to Buñuel, "Our only rule was very simple: No idea or image that might lend itself to a rational explanation of any kind would be accepted. We had to open all doors to the irrational and keep only those images that surprised us, without trying to explain why.” • Buñuel shot the film quickly over two weeks on a small budget supplied by his mother.

5. Purpose • to shock and insult the intellectual bourgeoisie • to disorient • to entertain

6. To shock and insult the intellectual bourgeoisie • Historically, the film represents a violent reaction against what in those days was called 'avant-garde,' which was aimed exclusively at artistic sensibility and the audience's reason. • The film was to be “a gob of spit in the face of art”.

7. To Disorient • by opening the film to a myriad of interpretations • by destroying narrative continuity through a dislocation of time and space • by destroying narrative continuity through the dislocation of scenes and characterization • by quick editing that removes the image before it has time to fully sink in • by creating the sense of continuity through the use of objects that appear over and over again throughout the film

8. Interpretation • What is necessary is to accept the film for what it is. • Most critics desire to increase our comprehension and ability to access the film through interpretation. • Interpretation is ultimately pointless. • The most effective manner in which to appreciate the film is to allow the images to seduce, to watch with your eyes and emotions and not to seek an explanation.

9. Once Upon a Time

10. Eight years later

14. Around 3 in the morning

15. Sixteen years before

17. Spring