Un Chien Andalou

During the Cold War Era (1947-1991), the content of the film industry was severely influenced by the threat of a nuclear war the spread of Communism into the United States. Various film panels such as the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals (MPA) were created in order to regulate the content of the film industry by censoring anti-American substance. Because the growth and evolution of the McCarthyism, or the…

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…

Luis Bunuel pioneered surrealist cinema. Many of his films revolve around three themes he was fanatic about. These being, religion, class and sexual desire. These topics can be linked to Bunuel’s early years. He was born on February 22nd, 1900 in Calanda, Spain. His birthplace was of highly religious mindset as many places were in Spain. In Bunuel’s semi autobiography My Last Breath he says, “The middle ages lasted until World War I” (8). The “Miracle of Calanda” (13) was a tale in which an…

Battleship Potemkin Battleship Potemkin is a revolutionary film that was shot in 1925 with a political purpose as well as protecting the blacks from the Abortive Revolution. Potemkin film is paramount in watching since it gives an experience that transcends on its landmark and its milestone status. Its dazzling technique makes it unique, and the revolutionary service gives a lot experience to the viewers. In this case, the filmmaker was trying to inform us how the massacre on the Odessa steps…

Year Age Major Events 1928 24 In April 1928 Dali borrowed ideas from Futurism. More importantly, Dali co-wrote a script with Luis Bunuel in three days for a film, “Un Chien Andalou” (“An Andalusian Dog”). This twenty four minute film consisted of a series of unrelated and unexplained images. The only unifying theme was that these images shocked the audience. The film began with an eyeball sliced into two by a cloud. Then a hand seemed to be devoured by ants. Other images, just as…

“We must have done with this idea of masterpieces reserved for a self-styled elite and not understood by the general public; the mind has no such restricted districts as those so often used for clandestine sexual encounters” (74). Artaud claims that the works of Sophocles and Shakespeare are no longer relevant to modern society – a society of mechanization and industrialization. “If the public does not frequent our literary masterpieces, it is because those masterpieces are literary, that is…