Name: Un perro andaluz
Director: Luis Buñuel
Genre: Terror
Released: 1929
Cast: Simone Mareuil, Pierre Batcheff, Luis Buñuel

Question 1

What emotions does this film generate in you? Why do you think the director chose these images?

Accepted Answer

A transgressive and disturbing work. High symbolic content and impactful visual violence. Not suitable for children. Un chien andalou is a manifesto of surrealism, seeking to liberate the unconscious through dreamlike and shocking images. The film breaks with traditional narrative and defies logic, seeking to provoke a visceral reaction in the viewer. The famous scene of the cut eye is a…

Question 2

Do you think art should always be beautiful, or can it also be disturbing? Where is the limit?

Accepted Answer

dreamlike and shocking images. The film breaks with traditional narrative and defies logic, seeking to provoke a visceral reaction in the viewer. The famous scene of the cut eye is a metaphor for the aggression against the bourgeois gaze and social conventions. The work…

Question 3

What symbolism do you find in the most impactful images? What do you think they are trying to communicate?

Accepted Answer

c, seeking to provoke a visceral reaction in the viewer. The famous scene of the cut eye is a metaphor for the aggression against the bourgeois gaze and social conventions. The work explores themes such as desire, frustration, death, and decadence, from a nihilistic and…