TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

antoniocasaca123 People do not know how to deal with meaninglessness because they spend their entire lives looking for truths that guide them. It is desperate when they encounter something clearly meaningless that they can not control. But .... Life, in itself, boils down to that, does not it?

He_who_lurks ...but her work pales in comparison with this film. It is one of the most surreal of all surrealist films, and is one you won't forget. Deren's work I would normally write an analysis for, but this film isn't entirely explainable. I suppose if I thought about it...but then again, maybe it wasn't Bunuel's intent for people to think about this. In fact, according to what I've read, Bunuel and Dali were actually hoping to cause riots with this film--thinking that maybe, just maybe, a man randomly slicing a woman's eye with a knife would be gruesome and horrid enough to get people's attention. That it certainly did, but nonetheless, despite their wishes, this response that they were hoping for didn't come (even though they even threw in some porn, for the heck of it).The most famous image in this film that is the most remembered today is the eyeball slicing. It comes at the very beginning of the movie and there it has no connection whatsoever to the rest of the movie. I suppose it was meant as an attention getter more than anything else. In the rest of the movie, there are at least different characters, although none of it actually makes sense.Bunuel wasn't mad as the other reviewer said. Obviously, they made it entirely for the purpose of being artistic. After watching this, you'll probably start thinking he was a film directer version of Vincent van Gogh. However, part of it was Dali, who really made this film what it turned out as in the end. Dali was a surreal artist. I'll bet you he was like "hey, Bunuel. I've got me an idea. How about we try to create a scandal!! We could make a film so stupid and weird people will faint! We could have a woman's eye get cut up, a hand in the middle of a street, etc. I can hear the audience dropping already." Surrealism was Dali's best talent--this film is proof.And even if you don't like this film, you gotta give credit to them--Maya Deren certainly got inspiration from this. Watch her "Meshes of the Afternoon" and you'll see why I say this. And, as for the hidden story, I can only guess it's about a woman who likes a man--but only certain traits of him. That at least explains the different versions of him that appear throughout the film. Maybe it's kind of a variation on "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". Who knows? Well, let's not try to make TOO much sense of it! Hahahaha.

hellholehorror I just simply don't like these surreal movies. They make no sense, they offer no atmosphere. They are barely interesting and do not entertain. I think that I should stick to films with a story and where stuff happens rather than films that show you art and nothing else. If they didn't have the razor blade in the eye I would never have wasted my time.

blumdeluxe "Un chien andalou" is one of the early movies, that is hard to grasp since it serves more as an expression of art than it really tells an organized story. Some of the reviewers here praise it especially for breaking social boundaries and taboos and indeed I guess that a lot of its value, apart from the prominent producers, originates from this fact.In a time when social boundaries were still a lot tighter than they are today it takes some bravery to release a movie like this one. Unfortunately, going beyond taboos doesn't guarantee an excellent movie though. I guess like with most art, the reception of this movie, apart from its historical value, is highly personal and depends largely on your taste. Personally, I liked some of the elements and depictions, but I find it rather difficult when a film provides so little structured plot.All in all you have to give the producers some credit for fighting for a more liberal art that isn't bound by social pressure. But that doesn't mean you have to blindly celebrate this movie. Not everyone that doesn't break out into celebration after watching it wants to be hip, some just simply didn't like it that much. That's art.