Un chien andalou (1929)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Luis Buñuel

Writers:

Salvador Dalí (scenario) and
Luis Buñuel (scenario)

Release Date:

6 June 1929 (France)

Genre:

Short | Fantasy

Plot:

In a dream-like sequence, a woman's eye is slit open--juxtaposed with a similarly shaped cloud obsucuring...

Plot Keywords:

Donkey | Piano | Moon | Ant | Bizarre

Cast

Simone Mareuil	...	Young girl (as Simonne Mareuil)
Pierre Batcheff	...	Man (as Pierre Batchef)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Luis Buñuel	...	Man in Prolog (uncredited)
Salvador Dalí	...	Seminarist (uncredited)
Robert Hommet	...	Young Man (uncredited)
Marval	...	Seminarist (uncredited)
Fano Messan	...	Hermaphrodite (uncredited)
Jaume Miravitlles	...	Fat Seminarist (uncredited)

Directed by
Luis Buñuel		(as Louis Bunuel)

Writing credits
Salvador Dalí		(scenario) (as Salvador Dali) and
Luis Buñuel		(scenario) (as Louis Bunuel)

Produced by
Luis Buñuel	....	producer

Cinematography by
Albert Duverger		(as Duverger)
Jimmy Berliet		(uncredited)

Film Editing by
Luis Buñuel

Art Direction by
Pierre Schild		(uncredited)

Music Department
Luis Buñuel	....	music selection (1960 sonorized version)

Distributors

• Les Grands Films Classiques (GFC) (1960) (France) (theatrical) (sound version)
• Microcinema International (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Éditions Montparnasse (2005) (France) (DVD) (special edition)
• Art House Video (Greece)
• Connossieur Video (1992) (USA) (VHS)
• Contemporary Films (1980) (UK) (all media)
• Kino Video (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• Large Door Video (Australia) (VHS)
• Moskwood Media (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Raro Video (2009) (Italy) (DVD) (box set)
• Stomp Visual (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (DVD)
• Video Yesteryear (1987) (USA) (VHS)
• www.Moviebear.tv (2005) (UK) (TV) (internet)

Other Companies

• Guilde Inernationale du Disque  music rights (sound version: 1960) (as Guilde Inernational du Disque)

Also Known As:

An Andalusian Dog (USA)
Un perro andaluz (Argentina) (Chile) (Spain) [es]
Andalusialainen koira (Finland) [fi]
Den andalusiska Hunden (Sweden) [sv]
Den andalusiske hund (Denmark) [da]
Ein andalusischer Hund (Germany) [de]
Pies andaluzyjski (Poland) [pl]
Um Cão Andaluz (Portugal) [pt]
Un chien andalou (Italy) [it]

Runtime:

16 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) (1956 ) (uncut) | Finland:(Banned) (1962) (uncut) | Finland:K-16 (1977) (uncut) | Finland:K-16 (1962) (cut) | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:16 | UK:15 (video rating) (1994) | UK:X (original rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France

Trivia:

At the Paris premiere, Luis Buñuel hid behind the screen with stones in his pockets for fear of being attacked by the confused audience.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "SexTV: Japanese Rope Bondage/Surrealism/Steve Diet Goedde (#5.1)" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod

Perhaps the most influencing movie in the history of cinema

This is a truly ground-breaking movie. Surrealist geniuses Dali and Bunuel combined their powers and produced this short collection of shocking scenes. This is the film that first showed that art is not there only to please the audience but also to annoy and depict our darkest thoughts and dreams. The proof of its success is that nowadays the shock value is almost zero (except the ultra-famous eye scene). What then seemed an outrageous and demoralizing attempt is now common practice. I still think though that given their talents, they could do an even better movie if they were more serious about it, but one should not forget they were two young guys trying to revolt against the establishment.