It's time for some experimental film with Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. The staple of art school courses the world over. I can't remember the first time I saw Un Chien Andalou, a young teenager perhaps, but I remember being shocked. That eyeball scene sticks with you and of course being immortalised by my beloved Pixies didn't hurt either. Apparently it was constructed around a load of weird dreams from both creators. This explains quite a lot, but it's still bonkers. Yes it's packed with the surrealist fantasies you'd expect, but there's a surprising amount of structure to it too, housing comedy and tragedy, along with the grotesque and not forgetting a little smut. Does it have any thread, any meaning, any purpose? Well no, maybe and probably. It's indulgent artistic expression and some people will like it because they think they're supposed too. I like parts of it, but not all. I like films with substance and arguably this is the opposite of that. Nearly 100 years old though, it still displays a lot of imagination.
Review of Un chien andalou
