Un Chien Andalou- Ferraro

"Un Chien Andalou"
Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali
1929

"Un Chien Andalou" is a decent example of avant-garde because of its experimental structure and storyline (despite its bizzareness). This movie could go under the "Surrealist" category, as odd things happpen almost every moment, for example the random slicing of the woman's eyeball, and then the hand that reaches for the woman is suddenly covered with ants. This is definetely not the usual movie story, even by today's standards, so yes it may tend to freak people out. But certainly that's what Bunuel and Dali were going for when they directed it. It's something new, different, and unique.

As shown in the book, this qualifies for its take on everyday society with risque images and ideas (a man pulling a piano(?) across the room that has two soldiers tied up to it) and the location appears to change even though the characters are suppose to be in one spot, specifically in the bedroom scene. Another abstract scene is when the woman spots a moth, and a man appears out of nowhere and loses his mouth (literally). She replaces the mouth by putting lipstick on her own face. Strange things happen, and we don't know why, which is why it's best call an "experimental" film.