Surrealism by definition is, “the principles, ideals, or practice of producing fantastic or incongruous imagery or effects in art, literature, film, or theater by means of unnatural or irrational juxtapositions and combinations” ( Merriam-Webster., web). One may could say Salvador Dali took this to heart in most if not all of his art pieces. The idea of juxtaposition, or the putting together items that would not naturally be together. One example of this from Dali’s catalog would be The Burning Giraffe of 1937 (Most Popular, Web). When you hear the name, Burning Giraffe, you would think the main focus would be on the giraffe. This is not the case. Instead you find a two blue female figure with drawers pulled out and running up and down her
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During this film Salvador Dali played a much smaller part as he was too occupied emotionally with Diakonova Gala, the wife of the poet Paul Eluard, as well as other financial struggles to participate fully on the film (King p.27). The amount of involvement and contributions from Dali became a point of contention, inasmuch as the authorities of the day reviewed and then were all to happy to give Bunuel full credit for L’Age d’Or. As you view the film, the feeling of jealousy and contempt Bunuel was feeling is evident from the opening scene. The movie starts with scorpions fighting and then the rat coming and eating one. To me, the viewer, this showed how the two men were battling about how Dali was too busy to help with ideas for the film and then the rat (Gala) comes and consumed Dali. As the film continue it is evident that Bunuel did infact use some of Dali’s surreal ideas and tones throughout; the cow in the bed, the clouds in the mirror, and when the woman chews off the men's fingers in the garden. While this film seemed to flow from one scene to the next more seamlessly compared to Un Chien Andalou, that was jumpy and somewhat unattached. The element of dreaming or remembering is …show more content…
The two lovers are just trying to join and consummate their relationship but it is either her parents, the church or the social classes that keep coming between them. The idea of bourgeoisie class, and how they were all about dressing up and flash their wealth around. Here this poor man is from a lower class than his love, so society try to keep them apart and in the end succeed as the girl begins making out with her father. The fight was against communism and the max manifest. Sadley the love of the two was not strong enough to fight such a strong system of power and way of thinking. The ending of this film brought the viewer to a much different place, one of debauchery as it was a place of a orgiey. The message conveyed was that even those of the church, and government were corrupt but in the end God died for everyone's sins. As these two films come to an end, the idea of not only surrealism but symbolism ran heavy throughout. Dali and Bunuel worked together to create great short films that have stood the test of time as they are still being shared
During this film Salvador Dali played a much smaller part as he was too occupied emotionally with Diakonova Gala, the wife of the poet Paul Eluard, as well as other financial struggles to participate fully on the film (King p.27). The amount of involvement and contributions from Dali became a point of contention, inasmuch as the authorities of the day reviewed and then were all to happy to give Bunuel full credit for L’Age d’Or. As you view the film, the feeling of jealousy and contempt Bunuel was feeling is evident from the opening scene. The movie starts with scorpions fighting and then the rat coming and eating one. To me, the viewer, this showed how the two men were battling about how Dali was too busy to help with ideas for the film and then the rat (Gala) comes and consumed Dali. As the film continue it is evident that Bunuel did infact use some of Dali’s surreal ideas and tones throughout; the cow in the bed, the clouds in the mirror, and when the woman chews off the men's fingers in the garden. While this film seemed to flow from one scene to the next more seamlessly compared to Un Chien Andalou, that was jumpy and somewhat unattached. The element of dreaming or remembering is …show more content…
The two lovers are just trying to join and consummate their relationship but it is either her parents, the church or the social classes that keep coming between them. The idea of bourgeoisie class, and how they were all about dressing up and flash their wealth around. Here this poor man is from a lower class than his love, so society try to keep them apart and in the end succeed as the girl begins making out with her father. The fight was against communism and the max manifest. Sadley the love of the two was not strong enough to fight such a strong system of power and way of thinking. The ending of this film brought the viewer to a much different place, one of debauchery as it was a place of a orgiey. The message conveyed was that even those of the church, and government were corrupt but in the end God died for everyone's sins. As these two films come to an end, the idea of not only surrealism but symbolism ran heavy throughout. Dali and Bunuel worked together to create great short films that have stood the test of time as they are still being shared