Un Chein Andalou, A Visual Analysis

Un Chein Andalou was written and directed by Luis Bunuel in collaboration with the infamous surrealist artist Salvador Dali in 1928. Neither the title ("an Andalusian dog") nor anything else in the film was intended to make sense. It's placement of natural unrelated objects presented in an unnatural relationship, just like in dreams, designed to purposely shock and provoke emotions from its viewers "For the first time in the history of the cinema a director tries …

…his review of Un Chien Andalou, Slant Magazine, 2002 (7) Bunuel, John Baxter, Fourth Estate Books, London, 1995, p.103 (8) Bunuel quoted in Art in the Cinema, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1947 (Senses Of Cinema, Un Chien Andalou, by Michael Koller, 2001, www.sensesofcinema.com) (9) Luis Bunuel in his preface to the script in La Révolution Surréaliste no.12, December 1929. (Senses Of Cinema, Un Chien Andalou, by Michael Koller, 2001, www.sensesofcinema.com)