Un Chien Andalou is a short silent surrealist film. It was directed by Luis Buñuel in 1929. Surrealism is defined as being "dream-like" and silent films are made to have no dialogues, so just imagine a short film without any character dialogues and is like a dream, wouldn't it be confusing? Un Chien Andalou is full of unreal and confusing scenes that does not seem to make any sense. Also, because it is a silent film, it was difficult to understand the situations that were going on, it was hard to follow the scenes or what the characters might be talking about.
The Surrealist silent film titled Un Chien Andalou was presented to our class last Wednesday. Being a surrealist film it was full of dream sequences. Honestly, I did not understood the film. I do not know if those sequences, framing and shots have meanings behind them. The short film jumps time frames and it was confusing to follow on because there would be times that it would seem like reality and then it would cut to another shot that it would be dream-like or somewhat disturbing.
Maybe the film's purpose is only for existence. The director of the film might have used the film as a platform to express his thoughts, thinking and artistic sense. The film may also be directed to a specific audience and that it would be really hard for someone like me to understand the film. As a person who is saturated with Hollywood blockbuster films, this certain kind of surrealist film makes me lost in this kind of language in film.
You can watch the film here!
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