The Film That Attacks You

Summary by Krater

This video examines the creation, history, and cultural impact of Un Chien Andalou, the 1929 surrealist short film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, exploring its rejection of rational meaning and bourgeois morality.

From the video

Answers: What is the history and meaning behind the surrealist film Un Chien Andalou by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí?

• Surrealist cinema
• Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí collaboration
• Psychic automatism
• Rejection of bourgeois rationality
• Cultural impact of Un Chien Andalou

What it concludes

• Un Chien Andalou was the first film to be officially accepted by the surrealist movement.
• The film was the product of two real dreams, one by Buñuel and one by Dalí.
• The script was written in seven days based on the rule to refuse any image that could have a rational meaning.
• Buñuel and Dalí spent seven days in Dalí's house writing the script.
• L'Age d'Or sparked a riot and was subsequently banned for fifty years.
• Un Chien Andalou and L'Age d'Or ultimately did not succeed in overthrowing bourgeois rationalism, but their impact was subtle and enduring.