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Fledging director Luis Buñuel and painter Salvador Dali create this ultimate surrealist film, which is essentially a barrage of striking and irrational images designed to shock and provoke. During the course of the film, we witness a close-up of a woman's eye being slashed open with a razor; a man dragging a piano, two bishops, .. Read more

Starring	Pierre Batcheff, Simone Mareuil, Jaime Miravilles, Luis Bunuel
Director	Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- Prelude: a young woman sits compliantly as BuÃuel takes a razor and slices her eye open. What follows is a documentary... read more on Time Out
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  Doh
  
  Beats me.
  
  That's all I was going to say, but I was told this review was too short to be accepted. Well, my answer is that the film is too short ... read more »
  
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  - E. del Monte
  - Lincoln, England
  - 05 Jun 2005 at 20:17
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  l'age d'or review
  
  this dvd has l'age d'or that I have been searching
  
  for a long time: A couple who have been parted since
  
  before Rome was built to ... read more »
  
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- - Numbet
  - 8 reviews
  - London
  - 17 Sep 2011 at 23:40
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  Un Chien Andalou
  
  Typical impressionist stuff, with the classic slicing eyeball scene. Seems dated and full of itself these days. Worth watching though, as a historical document... read more »
  
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- - maddogmargetts
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  - grand union canal
  - 05 Mar 2010 at 19:28
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  I'm sorry i just didn't get it?
  
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- - Carsey
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  - Wisbech
  - 02 Aug 2009 at 09:01
- - 4
  - 0
  No stones thrown
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  At the premiere, Buñuel reportedly filled his pocket with stones ready to throw at the audience if they were hostile towards the film, and one suspects ... read more »
  
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- - andrewdsmith
  - 6 reviews
  - Banbury, England
  - 23 Feb 2009 at 23:05
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  Un Chien Andalou
  
  A bit of fun, one has to see. Will be of interest to any cinema 'Buffs' interested in the whole history of film making.
  
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- - gothic
  - 67 reviews
  - Craigavon
  - 26 Aug 2008 at 08:06
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  What Love Is
  
  Yes, it's tremendously short, even for a short. But it's a testament to the change that man's 'way of seeing' underwent post Dada, First ... read more »
  
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- - makgrey
  - 40 reviews
  - Southampton
  - 26 Jun 2008 at 21:19
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  over-rated
  
  over-rated. the accompanying biographical documentary is worth a watch though.
  
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  - aldershot
  - 18 Nov 2007 at 11:51
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  Surreal!
  
  A film I had meant to watch for years, but had just never seen. I felt that the only way to describe this film is 'Indescribable'. It seems to ... read more »
  
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- - Lafcadio
  - 7 reviews
  - London
  - 26 Oct 2007 at 10:19
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  Tres Bizarre
  
  Tres bizarre, but what else would you expect from Dali. Wonderfully shot to the music of Wagner.
  
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- - MrAndyC
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  - York
  - 16 Jul 2007 at 18:04
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  pure surreal
  
  This IS pretty much where it really started...If u're a surreal genre lover then u found the point where pretty much most of surreal movies come from :) U&#... read more »
  
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  - 04 May 2007 at 03:38
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  Doh
  
  Beats me.
  
  That's all I was going to say, but I was told this review was too short to be accepted. Well, my answer is that the film is too short ... read more »
  
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  - E. del Monte
  - Lincoln, England
  - 05 Jun 2005 at 20:17
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  A classic
  
  Don't try to understand it, it all started with a dream anyway one from Dali and one from Bunuel. Don't bother with the commentaries or the introduction... read more »
  
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  - Chantal
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  - London
  - 14 Jun 2005 at 00:52
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  20 minute crazy
  
  Released in 1927, at the very beginning of the era of 'talkie'
  
  film, Un Chien Andalou is a formidable chunk of (film) history.
  
  It ... read more »
  
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  - Nottingham
  - 25 Apr 2006 at 15:00
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  A work of art
  
  This film, although short, is of huge significance and importance in the history of film and the surrealist movement. Don't expect to understand this film (... read more »
  
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- - Edward Rogers
  - Bangor, Wales
  - 12 May 2005 at 14:50
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  No stones thrown
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  At the premiere, Buñuel reportedly filled his pocket with stones ready to throw at the audience if they were hostile towards the film, and one suspects ... read more »
  
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- - andrewdsmith
  - 6 reviews
  - Banbury, England
  - 23 Feb 2009 at 23:05
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  Well worth watching
  
  This is a surrealist masterpiece. Bunuel directed the first 'Monty Python' film in 1930!!
  
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- - Aileen Grist
  - Oldham, Manchester, UK
  - 13 Dec 2004 at 16:25
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  ?????
  
  Whats this all about? I dont know. As far as i can tell, a study of form and shape. Only for those studying film history. Steer well clear if you want to cosy ... read more »
  
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- - faron smith
  - gateshead
  - 19 Apr 2006 at 16:01
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  True art
  
  An absolute must for any fan of surrealism. I recommend watching the extra commentary, as it sheds light on what inspired Bunuel and Dali to make this film as ... read more »
  
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  - Reading, England
  - 03 Dec 2004 at 10:30
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  admirable cinema or clever hoax ?
  
  This is a must see for cinephiles and has to be admired for its being so ahead of its time and the debt owed to it by LIndsay Anderson, David Lynch et al. The ... read more »
  
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- - Saty
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  - 09 Mar 2005 at 10:47
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  Fish/bicycle/baked hedgehog/Death by Self Adhesive Laundry
  
  Many of the reviewers have got it all wrong. DO invites your mates round, eat popcorn out of a Buzz Aldrin's Space Helmet, then post the DVD back inside a ... read more »
  
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- - Mic Maq
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  - 30 Oct 2006 at 12:33

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  Fledging director Luis Buñuel and painter Salvador Dali create this ultimate surrealist film, which is essentially a barrage of striking and irrational images designed to shock and provoke. During the course of the film, we witness a close-up of a woman's eye being slashed open with a razor; a man ...