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Brilliant Work.
Here we have one of the greatest of all short films and one of the greatest documentaries. First, "Un Chien Andalou," which is a hypnotic, visceral and a masterpiece of surrealism by one of the masters, Luis Bunuel. "Un Chien Andalou" embodies the words that display Bunuel's work: Beautiful, dark, graphic, shocking and brilliant. The opening shot, one of the greatest and most memorable is a stroke of shocking genius. Some have attacked "Un Chien Andalou" because it literally makes no sense, even Bunuel gave credit to that. But it's not supposed to. "Un Chien Andalou" is instead meant to be some sort of dream experience, a nightmare or collection of dream sequences put on film. And the result is brilliant because here Bunuel displays that dreams truly can make it into cinema, no matter how shocking or disturbing. The second brilliant work here, "Land Without Bread" is absolutely eye-opening and is always involving and interesting. Bunuel brilliantly takes us through the hell that is Las Hurdes and the surrounding lands. Among the great, graphic images brilliantly documented here are the one showing a wedding custom which involves riders tearing the head off a rooster hanging from a rope across a street, the one of a goat violently falling down a hill and one showing a donkey killed by bees, then eaten by wild dogs. "Land Without Bread" is hard-hitting, as it should be. Bunuel brilliantly captures the atmosphere of this land and it's primitive people. The scenery is artistic in it's own fashion, no matter how poor or medieval. Both these films are masterworks by a genius who has left his mark on the cinema for all time. To understand the work of Luis Bunuel, you must see "Un Chien Andalou" and "Land Without Bread."

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Two Great Masterpieces.
Here we have two great works by one of the greatest of all directors. First, there is Luis Bunuel's "Un Chien Andalou." It was his first film in collaboration with the notorious surrealist painter, Salvador Dali. Watching "Un Chien Andalou" is a whole experience in itself. It is a masterpiece of the cinema because not only is it the only true surrealist movie, it is a perfect example of dreams put onto film. It makes no sense, but that's the point. "Un Chien Andalou" (French for An Andalusian Dog) is like the rememberences of a dream (or nightmare) put on film. Indeed, Bunuel and Dali wrote the script based on their dreams. This is also a great example of superreal, brilliant and shocking cinema. The first scene (indeed one of the most famous opening scenes ever) is brilliant because it keeps you watching after it has shocked you. This movie also has style and shows Bunuel's brilliance for film composition. It is both graphic, violent, merciless, and beautiful. It has images you will never be able to shake, which is a true mark of great cinema. The next movie here, "Land Without Bread," is one of the best of all documentaries. Bunuel brilliantly takes us through a hell on earth. Here too there are surrealist images that stay with the viewer, even more so because they are real. "Land Without Bread" doesn't soften the material on its subject, it does a perfect examination and tour of the poorest region in Spain. And it's interesting to note that Bunuel edited this movie on a kitchen table with a knife and a magnifying glass. "Land Without Bread" is a graphic experience that's effective and stands as a great documentary. Few directors have filmed a poor, harsh region like Bunuel does here. "Un Chien Andalou" and "Land Without Bread" are brilliant examples of Bunuel's eye for ingenious cinema that looks at reality unblinkingly. These two films are good examples of why he is the greatest of all film surrealists.

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This is the Pixie's song Debaser
Ok you should know that it is a real eye and that's why it looks so real! But it's a mule's eye. Made with Salvador Dali this is one cool movie, based on dreams they's had and some misreadings of Freud and I think a few French cinematic puns...it still has the power to shock. Land without Bread....done in the clinical form of some kind of documentary you tour the Hurdas provence of Spain which had only just been opened up to the rest of the world and is so poor that some peoplel have never seen bread. Is it a black comedy? Should you laugh or cry or both. This relly is worth a look.