“The pure and correct line of ‘conduct’ of a human who
pursues love through wretched humanitarian, patriotic ideals and the other miserable
workings of reality.” This seems to be the general perspective of most writers
discussing the film. Nevertheless, Buñuel offered an alternative explanation:
“Our only rule was very simple: No idea or image that might lend itself to a rational
explanation of any kind would be accepted. We had to open all doors to the
irrational and keep only those images that surprised us, without trying to
explain why.” -- Salvador Dali
After studying Surrealism and
knowing that Un Chien Andalou was a surrealist film, I have realized that I was
like a dumb while watching it. All throughout the video, I’ve been trying to
figure out the meaning of this film or its message. It’s very
weird and being structureless made me even more curious which resulted on to
seeing myself paying more attention to it. And at the end of the film, I was
more confused because I didn't understand anything about it actually then laughed
at myself.
Well, although I find myself as
dumb when I was watching this film because of trying to solve nothing, I still
find this film interesting and funny because that is the trick of surrealist
film. It will make you think that something is happening or there is a story
which will make you to pay attention to solve your confusion even though
there’s no logic and flow.
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