Ebook: Un chien andalou: French Film Guide

Introduction: It's dangerous to look inside; 1. Producing 'Un chien andalou': myths of origin; 2. Romantic melodrama or magic theatre?; 3. Contexts and intertexts: between Fantomas and the fairground; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Synopsis; Appendix 2: Credits; Appendix 3: Selected bibliography.;In 1929 Dali and Bunuel produced a seventeen-minute film "Un chien andalou". On its first screening, Federico Garcia Lorca called it 'a tiny little shit of a film'. Produced from a script said to be based on two dream images - a woman's eye slit by a razor, ants emerging from a hole in a man's hand - the film shocked audiences. It continues to fascinate, provoke, attract and alienate its viewers. Its eye-slitting sequence and use of dream-like images have influenced filmmakers from Alfred Hitchcock to David Lynch. Elza Adamowicz's fascinating book on "Un chien andalou" take.