Sunday, December 12, 2010

Un chien Andalou - An Andalusian Dog


Un Chien Andalou is a French film released in 1929.  When we watched this film in class, I honestly had no idea what was going on the entire sixteen minutes.  It didn't seen to have a plot and even though it was really weird, the images were captivating and kept my eyes on the screen.  It starts out with a razor cutting an eyeball (which I later learned was a calf eyeball), and progresses into a series of well edited scenes.  Another scene that stood out to me was when ants were crawling out of a hand.  It was kind of disturbing and weird, but memorable nonetheless.  I think the editing was impressive and showed that it was ahead of it's time.

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