“A Recorded Dream”
By far the strangest film to play on my laptop, besides 2girls1cup, Un Chien Andalou is Spanish filmmaker’s Luis Buñuel's first film.
The film does not have a plot. Instead, the narrative is that of some sort of dream sequence involving a young woman and what appears to be her lover. It opens with the young woman in a very intense scene, and what follows are sequences that unfold and probably have a meaning, but they’re all just open to interpretation. The silent film also didn’t include any dialogue cards, making it hard to comprehend the scenes. But that wasn’t the only problem. Being Buñuel’s first film, it very much indeed started his career in experimental filmmaking and set the style he would have in his later films. It was very well received and was a favorite during the avant-garde movement in the 1920s.
It set the standard for avant-garde, art, or experimental films, and is a very huge influence on cinema in general. This fifteen minute short film is sure to move you and I give it a 5 out of 5.
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