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Un Chien Andalou (1929)
Un chien andalou (original title)

16 min  -  Short | Fantasy  -   6 June 1929 (France)
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Director:

Luis Buñuel

Writers:

Salvador Dalí (scenario), Luis Buñuel (scenario)
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Simone Mareuil Simone Mareuil ...
Young girl (as Simonne Mareuil)
Pierre Batcheff Pierre Batcheff ...
Man (as Pierre Batchef)
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Storyline

In a dream-like sequence, a woman's eye is slit open--juxtaposed with a similarly shaped cloud obsucuring the moon moving in the same direction as the knife through the eye--to grab the audience's attention. The French phrase "ants in the palms," (which means that someone is "itching" to kill) is shown literally. A man pulls a piano along with the tablets of the Ten Commandments and a dead donkey towards the woman he's itching to kill. A shot of differently striped objects is repeatedly used to connect scenes. Written by Ryan T. Casey <RTCasey@mn.uswest.net>  

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Donkey | Ant | Moon | Piano | Severed Hand  | See more »

Genres:

Short | Fantasy

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Country:

France

Language:

French (intertitles)

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Also Known As:

Un perro andaluz See more »

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Sound Mix:

Silent

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Trivia

During the bicycle scene, the woman who is sitting on a chair, reading, throws the book aside. The image it shows when it lays open is a reproduction of a painting by Vermeer. Vermeer was a Dutch painter greatly admired by Salvador Dalí, and whom Dalí referenced often in his own paintings. See more »

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Soundtracks

"Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod"
(Opera)
Written by Richard Wagner See more »