10 Excellent Films That Don't Actually Have A Plot
8. Un Chien Andalou (1929)
Director: Luis Buñuel A silent film from the late-twenties, Un Chien Andalou doesnt have a plot, or a story for that matter, at least not in the conventional sense. Based on a series of dreams that the director Luis Buñuel and collaborator Salvador Dali have had themselves, the film is essentially a series of unconnected images that are tired loosely together by a bizarre dreamlike logic. One moment youll be watching two characters embrace on a balcony observing the moon, and in the next moment youll be witnessing a womens eye being cut in half, or a mans hand erupting into swarms of ants. The film almost challenges you to try and piece everything together, but its no use. Both Buñuel and Dali have stated that Un Chien Andalou isnt supposed to make any sense. Its just a series of striking images woven together like a dream, one shot to the next with little in the way of plot to justify anything thats happening. Good luck figuring this one out.
