In 1929 during the Surrealist movement, Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí created Un Chien Andalou. The film leaves a lasting impression on all its viewers and leaves them wondering what the purpose of the film was. It has no plot; it is a series of shots that do not link together. Title cards separate the shots and notify changes in time that do not match up with what is happening in the shots. The film pushed boundaries with its content and caused uproar among viewers. The purpose of the film Un Chien Andalou by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí was to evoke shock and anger in viewers, and show Surrealistic art in a different way.
In 1924 André Breton wrote The Surrealist Manifesto, which began the Surrealist movement. Starting out as a literary group, they wrote whimsical poetry using free association. It later evolved into the eccentric paintings the movement is most known for today. It stemmed from the Dada movement, which was an …show more content…
They wanted to show that Surrealistic art could transfer from canvas to film. Through film, Surrealist artists could bend and shape the world into how they see it in their dreams. Cameras made their art seem more real than a painting on a canvas. Dalí agreed with this, he believed film showed the purest form of an object whereas they can be manipulated on canvas and disguised with paint (Art Film). They could blur the lines between fantasy and reality, which is exactly what Un Chien Andalou, does (Facets). No one in real life would see a group of men fighting over a severed hand or a lady not flinching getting her eye sliced. Surrealistic art does not tell a story, it mirrors dreams. They come and go and do not always have connections, rather it has reoccurring characters and objects. The film uses the separate shots to represent dreams. Despite none of them having connections, characters and object appear in more than one shot, like in
In 1924 André Breton wrote The Surrealist Manifesto, which began the Surrealist movement. Starting out as a literary group, they wrote whimsical poetry using free association. It later evolved into the eccentric paintings the movement is most known for today. It stemmed from the Dada movement, which was an …show more content…
They wanted to show that Surrealistic art could transfer from canvas to film. Through film, Surrealist artists could bend and shape the world into how they see it in their dreams. Cameras made their art seem more real than a painting on a canvas. Dalí agreed with this, he believed film showed the purest form of an object whereas they can be manipulated on canvas and disguised with paint (Art Film). They could blur the lines between fantasy and reality, which is exactly what Un Chien Andalou, does (Facets). No one in real life would see a group of men fighting over a severed hand or a lady not flinching getting her eye sliced. Surrealistic art does not tell a story, it mirrors dreams. They come and go and do not always have connections, rather it has reoccurring characters and objects. The film uses the separate shots to represent dreams. Despite none of them having connections, characters and object appear in more than one shot, like in