Cinema - just like all artforms - has been forever developmental; pushing the boundaries, exploring new avenues. With this is mind, the pairing of director Luis Buñuel and surrealism maestro Salvador Dali spawned what it likely the most experimental slice of filmmaking ever fashioned. Un Chien Andalou runs for around 17 minutes and has little-to-no plot in the conventional sense, but it provides the spectator with a hyper-reality if you will; using warped, nightmare-infused dream logic to denote the psychological strains of a middle aged man. It is crammed with unforgettable imagery (most famously the slicing of an eye with a razorblade), and uses music to brilliantly enforce a sense of unease and disarray for the viewer. Buñuel's very first film is nearly 100 years old, yet it remains as surprising and shocking to this very day. It also serves as a perfect counter-argument piece to when someone claims they have seen the "weirdest film ever made"...
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