An exploration into the subconscious Surreal Silent Film An exploration into the subconscious

Surrealist cinema Began in Paris in the 1920’s An evolution of the DADA movement Fountain, by Marcel Duchamp

Construction of Surrealist cinema Surprising juxtapositions Rejection of dramatic conventions Shocking imagery Scene from Un Chien Adalou by Salvador Dali

Odd Juxtapositions Two objects or images placed next to one another in a way that gives each more meaning and impact. "one could combine inside the same frame, elements not normally found together to produce illogical and startling effects." Gift by Man Ray, 1921

“Once the object was stranded outside of its normal place, it could be seen without the veil of cultural conventions.” Salvador Dalí, “Aphrodisiac Telephone,” 1936.

Cinematic juxtapostions Andre Breton, spiritual leader of the surrealist movement Would go to a movie house and walk from theater to theater without looking at what film he was going to see. When the images bored him, he would move to the next theater. Portrait of Andre Breton by Man Ray, 1922

Rejection of dramatic conventions Surrealism is “the point at which the waking state joins sleep.” For the first time in the history of the cinema," wrote the critic Ado Kyrou, "a director tries not to please but rather to alienate nearly all potential spectators." "No idea or image that might lend itself to a rational explanation of any kind would be accepted,"

Un Chien Andalou A man attempts to sexually assault a woman and is rejected. She wields a tennis racquet in defense. What does he do next? Attack the woman Argue with the woman Apologize Leave the room Pick up a pair of ropes and drag two priests and two pianos across the room while the woman watches. ( there are also dead rotting donkeys inside the pianos)

Dream logic The directors began writing the story by discussing their dreams A cloud slicing across the moon like a razor slicing an eyeball A hand covered in ants

Shocking imagery

Imagery from art The persistence of memory, Salvador Dali The Son of Man, Rene Magritte