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Thematic programmes - CAN ART STILL BE SUBVERSIVE TODAY?
A straight razor seems to be placed by a woman's eye, a small cloud formation obscures the moon, a cow's eye is slit open. Provocative, shocking, and powerful, the legend of Un Chien Andalou still resonates throughout the film world with an intensity that will remain undiminished for many years to come.
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Cast:
Simone Mareuil, Pierre Batcheff, Jaume Miravitlles, Salvador Dalí, Luis Buñuel -
Original Title:
Un Chien Andalou -
Country:
France -
Year:
1929 - 17'
Director
Luis Buñuel
Born in Spain, in 1900. Luís Buñuel was a leading figure in Surrealism. An atheist and communist sympathizer who was preoccupied with themes of gratuitous cruelty, eroticism, and religious mania.
In 1917, he entered the Residencia de Estudiantes cultural institution in Madrid, where he met Federico García Lorca and Salvador Dalí. In 1924, he moved to Paris and worked as an assistant to the filmmaker Jean Epstein. In 1929, he released his first film, Un chien Andalou, with a screenplay by Dalí. In Mexico, he shot The forgotten (1947), which won him his first prize for best director at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951. In 1961, he returned to Spain and began filming Viridiana, which won him the Palme d'Or in Cannes. In 1967, he received the Golden Lion at the Venice film Festival for Belle de Jour. He died in Mexico in 1983.
In 1917, he entered the Residencia de Estudiantes cultural institution in Madrid, where he met Federico García Lorca and Salvador Dalí. In 1924, he moved to Paris and worked as an assistant to the filmmaker Jean Epstein. In 1929, he released his first film, Un chien Andalou, with a screenplay by Dalí. In Mexico, he shot The forgotten (1947), which won him his first prize for best director at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951. In 1961, he returned to Spain and began filming Viridiana, which won him the Palme d'Or in Cannes. In 1967, he received the Golden Lion at the Venice film Festival for Belle de Jour. He died in Mexico in 1983.
