Buñuel and Dalí's 'Un Chien Andalou': Twenty Minutes of Surrealist Cinema
Un chien andalou, recognized as the inaugural Surrealist film, was crafted in just one week and filmed over a span of fourteen days, debuting in 1929 with financial backing from Luis Buñuel's mother. Both Salvador Dalí and Buñuel (Calanda, 1900 – Mexico City, 1983), prominent figures in the movement, had a deep affinity for film. The movie showcases temporal shifts and features performances by Pierre Batchef and Simone Mareuil, with Buñuel's influence evident in the memorable eye-slicing scene at the beginning. The film's dream-inspired visuals serve as a critique of the bourgeoisie and the church. Their subsequent work, L'âge d'or, encountered fascist backlash, resulting in the cancellation of screenings. Alejandra Schettino authored the article for MIfacciodiCultura.
Fatti principali
- Un chien andalou was released in 1929 and is described as the first Surrealist film
- Luis Buñuel was born in Calanda in 1900 and died in Mexico City in 1983
- The screenplay took about a week to write and filming lasted roughly fourteen days
- Buñuel's mother financed the approximately 20-minute short
- Pierre Batchef and Simone Mareuil played the lead roles
- The film is divided by intertitles: once upon a time, eight years later, around three in the morning, sixteen years earlier, and in spring
- The opening eye-slitting scene was conceived from a dream of Buñuel's, while the ant-covered hand came from a dream of Dalí
- Fascists disrupted screenings of L'âge d'or and destroyed artworks by other Surrealists displayed in the venues
Entità
Artisti
- Luis Buñuel
- Salvador Dalí
- Pierre Batchef
- Simone Mareuil
- Alejandra Schettino
Istituzioni
- Artspecialday
- MIfacciodiCultura
Luoghi
- Calanda
- Spain
- Mexico City
- Mexico
- Paris
- France