Another Tuesday lecture and another European film this time it was the turn of the spanish with the 1929 film 'UN CHIEN ANDALOU'. The film name translates as 'The Andalusian Dog' and it was one of the most famous surrealist films.
While watching the film for the first time i remember scribbling two words down in my notebook those two words where COMPLETE NONSENSE! As it happens i wasn't too far wrong with that statement because the film has no plot as such and wasn't created to make sense.............Weird.
I appreciate the attempt but i've got to say it doesn't do much for me i understand these films are the foundation for modern day films and movements but i don't find them inspirational. I also beg to differ that many films created today use these as inspiration. Ok i agree directors, produces, script writers have all probably seen these films at some time but i don't believe when they are creating a modern day film they refer back to these 1920's films. Progression and development is something that happens its something that is continuously happening and these 1920's films probably helped shaped those of the 30's and 40's and those of that era probably influenced those created in the 50's and 60's and so on. I understand that this eventually leads to today which means modern day films have been inadvertently influenced by these films during the whole development stage.
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