“Nothing, in this film, symbolizes anything” (Buñuel). Both Dali and Buñuel strived to have no image or idea in the film, Un Chien Andalou, have any logical or rational explanation. However, when you break up what Buñuel says you can argue that “nothing” stands for all the images and ideas in the film that to one represent nothing logical or rational, and these images can “symbolize anything” to the individual. When making this film, Buñuel’s intentions were to astound and offend the bourgeois. The film denotes an enraged reaction against what was called “avant-garde” in those days, which is basically new, unusual, and experimental ideas or art works. Dali and Buñuel succeeded in producing a film that is like an insult to art by leaving the
