Product Details

• Actors: Luis Buuel, Joris Ivens, Fernand Leger, Orson Welles, Erno Metzner
• Directors: Various
• Format: Black & White, Restored, Silent, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: November 1, 2002
• Run Time: 74 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B00009OWDP
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #403,783 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

1. UN CHIEN ANDULOU (1928-FRANCE)(An Andalusian Dog) by Luis Buñuel and SALVADOR DALI. Perhaps the most famous avant garde film of all; the slit eyeball, the ants emerging from the human palm, the severed hand in the street. A series of visual shocks symbolizing nothing. Successful attempt at pure surrealism. With synchronized music score selected by Luis Buñue 2.REGEN (RAIN) by JORIS IVENS and MANNUS FRANKEN. (1929-Holland). A lyrical impression of a shower of rain in Amsterdam. Beautifully photographed.3.UBERFALL by ERNO METZNER (c. 1929-Germany). A grim account of a street robbery presenting sordid facts in an objective light. Once banned as "brutalizing and demoralizing" Silent film with music score, correct projection speed.4.THE HEARTS OF AGE (1934-USA). Directed by and starring ORSON WELLES. No plot, but the young Welles (age 19) is easily spotted as a nascent genius. The first footage ever shot by Welles (and way, way before Citizen Kane). Silent film with music score, correct projection speed.5.BALLET MECANIQUE (1924-France) by FERNAND LEGER. A delightful abstract film with a minimum of geometrical forms and a maximum of photographic images. Supposedly shows Freudian symbolism but regardless, a delight to behold visually. Your eye will shake your hand. Silent film with music score, correct projection speed.74 minutes total.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Crazy Visuals, Disturbing Nightmares, September 5, 2003

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This review is from: Avant Garde and Experimental Films Vol. I [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Who would have guessed that a Surrealist painter could also become a breakthrough to the world of video art? As a whole, this video is worth the money, as it is a RARE FIND in rental stores. Checkit out. You'll never see Dali the same way again.