Length: 16 minutes
Director: Luis Buñuel
Cast: Pierre Batcheff, Simone Marueil, Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí
Eric's Impressions: Ever since hearing the Pixies song about this movie ("Debaser" off of Doolittle), I've wanted to see this one. The song is weird and the film is even weirder, but I like both. It's not a surprise the movie is strange considering Salvador Dali was involved. Of course the imagery of a razor slicing up an eyeball is probably the most memorable sequence in the entire movie. The film is just 16 minutes long which is more than enough time for the filmmaker to haunt, disturb and confuse you to the point where the only option is to watch it over again under the influence of marijuana, acid or any other mind-bending drugs on your person.
Natalie's Impressions: This is the first Buñuel film included in the book. This short film was Buñuel's directorial debut. He co-wrote the screenplay with Dalí, whose influence is very prevalent in this surrealist film that is famous for the image of a razor slicing open an eyeball. The dream-like montage of images that make up the film seem totally unrelated and disconnected, but like Dalí's paintings, they are supposed to represent the chaos of the dream world and the flow of the subconscious. It is interesting to see Dalí as an actor in the film. Such a prolific figure in the visual art world is rarely seen in other forms of art and media.
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