kiekeo Good, entertaining, but what the hell happened? So there was a couple but then one of them died and their ghost haunts the girl? And then the girl moves out to get man who torments the ghost back?? But the ghost kills him and his body is dumped in a random field where he barely grasps a memory of the girl??? But then it was all just a dream and the couple is actually living happily on the beach???? but then they're dead?????

BA_Harrison Un Chien Andalou is 16 minutes of surreal silent film that makes less sense than painting my knackers green and setting them on fire while singing the national anthem. Director Louis Buñuel, collaborating with artist Salvador Dalí, delivers a series of perplexing images, some of which are extremely disturbing (the slicing of a woman's eye with a straight razor), some of which are daring (the fondling of a naked pair of breasts and a bare ass), and many of which are downright bizarre (a man pulling two pianos weighed down by dead donkeys and a pair of priests!?!).Other memorable imagery includes ants crawling out of a hole in the palm of a man's hand, an androgynous woman poking a severed hand with a stick, and a guy losing his mouth only to have it replaced by the pubic hair from a lady's armpit. Almost impossible to rate since I had no idea what any of it meant, hence my non-committal score of 5/10.

calvinnme I'm not going to rate this film because all I can say is "What the heck?" - That's the G rated version of what I said. This very late silent is on the list of films people must see before they die? And the late Roger Ebert agreed??? It reminded me of a time in the late 80s when I was sitting on a bench at the Dallas Museum of Art waiting for my companion to return from the restroom and noticed that among the masterpieces there was hung a canvas with four squares of different colors painted on it. That's it. Nothing interesting done with perspective or lighting. A five year old could have done it if they could have managed to paint within the lines. How did it get here? Was it WHO painted it that made it view worthy? I didn't bother to go over and find out, so I can't tell you. I'd just say that this film reminds me of that. So some ants crawl around on someone's hand and somebody slits an eyeball. How does any of this relate to the human experience? I can't remember the last time I was so disappointed in a film I was expecting to like or at least be challenged by.I get that it's not really trying to make a point. Surrealism as Dali and Bunuel were interested in it at that point wasn't about anything, wasn't making a statement, it's just a stream of (dream) consciousness/series of images intended, if anything, to baffle and/or upset the bourgeoisie. They succeeded. I'm pretty much bourgeoisie and I was baffled.

SenjoorMutt Luis Bunuel's and Salvador Dali's surrealistic 'An Andalusian Dog' was their first and it is called the seminal surrealist film. The film has no plot, or at least in the conventional sense, and is built up like a dream sequence with seemingly random scenes. But it's not meant to be a dream, it's just a different world (or a parallel universe if one wishes). Bunuel and Dali didn't meant to contrive a plot that could make sense. Even the title was intended to make any sense.This film has also given us one of the most memorable and haunting scenes in the history of the cinema - slicing a woman's eyeball with shaving knife. And this horrifying image probably has brought many people to see this surrealistic gem.This film is notable also because it was one of the first real independent film that was made without any studio support on a shoestring budget. 'An Andalusian Dog' has influenced many independent filmmakers throughout history. An of course it has been influence to many surrealist artist and even for a Sex Pistols.Probably everyone who are half interested about film in general will find this film one day.