got me a movie

[sniffa]

i want you to know

sLicing up eyebaLLs
i want you to know

girL you're so groovy
i want you to know

don't know about you
but i am un
CHEN
anduLusia

i am un
CHEN
andaLusia

i am un
CHEN
andaLusia

i am un
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andaLusia

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Un Chien Andalou...

A friend of mine told me about that movie, and I was really interested to see it...then she told me about the eye slicing scene. I have to say, as much as I want to see it, I probably never will, because of that one scene. Don't think I could stomach seeing an eyeball getting sliced.

[Kire]

5. is it real?

could it be?

I heard about it at the Dali exhibit in Philly this spring. I want to see it, and I probably will if it's really real, but damn, I hope not.

[NYCGirl]

7. The eye being sliced in extreme close-up is actually a goat's eye...

its an early special effect.

[Kire]

21. not a generous volunteer?

that's a relief

[sniffa]

6. that's the onLy reason i want to see that movie

i have no idea what eLse is in the movie.

i just wanna have recurring nightmares of that.

[Rising Phoenix]

9. you know there is NO WAY I could watch that

eyes gross me out

[ghostsofgiants]

10. It's a surrealist film...

IMDb plot description:

"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."

It was co-written by Salvador Dali.

[NYCGirl]

11. There are LOTS of fascinating, haunting images in the film. Link inside:

WARNING: stills of the eyeball slicing scene are here.

http://www.tcf.ua.edu/classes/Jbutler/T340/SurrealismUnChienAndalou1.htm

[sniffa]

12. awesome!!

:bounce:

thank you muchLy.

[ghostsofgiants]

22. The movie itself should be available at archive.org,..

But the link that the search gives doesn't seem to work. x(

[SheepyMcSheepster]

14. any ideas as to how the scene was done?

[ghostsofgiants]

18. It was a cow's eye

[SheepyMcSheepster]

25. ahh

thanks for the explanation!
:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

15. Cool

I actually decided to brave it and just put it on my zip.ca queue.

[Union Thug]

17. Anyone know if David Lynch was influenced...

by this director or genre? The mood portrayed in the stills reminds me a lot of Eraserhead and Grandmother (think that was the title)

[ghostsofgiants]

20. Yeah, Lynch was definitely influenced by surrealist films and art

[Kire]

23. check the bugs on the ear in Blue Velvet

direct reference to a common Salvador Dali theme

[ghostsofgiants]

26. If you want a film with imagery to haunt your nightmares...

Try "Begotten". The opening scene features "God" disemboweling himself with a straight razor.

[sniffa]

29. nice

when did that come out?

[ghostsofgiants]

30. '89 I think...

that general timefram. I'm thinking '89 or '91.

[Dogmudgeon]

16. It's an incredible scene

Buñuel and Dalí used a sheep's eyeball for the actual event, giving new meaning to the artistic term trompe d'œuil. (Yes, the sheep had already been slaughtered, and the eye was purchased separately.)

When I saw the movie, I didn't know what to expect. It was for a film class, and it was on the schedule. I had a mild pain in my eye for the rest of the day -- and I'm not that suggestible.

--p!

[ghostsofgiants]

24. I read it was a cow's eye

But whatever...I'll probably keep my eyes closed for that part.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

2. i want to grow up to be...........

a debaser!

[sniffa]

4. ha ha ha hoa

:bounce:

[Rising Phoenix]

3. kick ass

[sniffa]

8. girL you're so groovy

ha ha ha hoa!


mwah!!!! :loveya:

[jonnyblitz]

13. pixie lyrics.

snicker.

[sniffa]

19. you Love it

:loveya:

[DS1]

27. Warhol, wasn't it?

[ghostsofgiants]

28. Dali