un chien andalou (lucie)

                                                un chien andalou
   




   co-written by Luis bundle and Salvador Dali, this silent film was made completely according to surrealist principles and includes some of the most searing and memorable images ever filmed.

• It shocked conventional audience who are used to normality.
• It was not intended to make sense.
• It takes us into the sub-conscious by it telling us that we must see the film through a different eye however, despite the film asking us to see it through a different eye as a spectator, we are trying to analyse it with our logical eye which goes against what the film wants us to do .
• He sharpens the knife and cuts her eye and she accepts it without putting up a fight - this supports Floyd's opinion on gender.
• The film doesn't conform to gender norms (monogamy).
• It is anti establishment and anti clinical. this is shown through him holding his sins on his shoulder which could  imply that religion is a burden.
• The conventional heterosexual couple buried in the sand could imply that marriage is dead (didn't conform to monogamy)
• The films situation was exaggerated and the imagery is out of context by the randomness of the placement of objects making it illogical e.g hand in the road.  
• It was intended to be humorous.
• What we find funny comes from the e.d, its not humour that we're used to so it has a more sinister edge to it.
•  It doesn't need to make sense to have a meaning.
• It plays on your personal response by finding different things to be shocked about each time you watch it,
• Themes are more prevalent e.g when he got shot, the rich people carried on walking.
• The creator wanted to offend the bourgeoisie.
• It goes against classical forms of film making,
• It doesn't give you time to select shocking elements and instead move on to the next one.
• Its montage of separate narratives rather than one coherent narrative triggers enigmatic code to put the spectator in a active position. 
• The questions that are raised are never fully explored or answered.
• Henry miller describes un chien andalou as a "job of spirit in the face of art". this means that surrealists disrespect traditional artists by going against rules and regulations.