For his latest video essay, Evan Puschak tells us about Un Chien Andalou, the pioneering surrealist short film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. The film is particularly notable for a shocking shot in the opening scene, which, if you’ve seen it, you’ve likely never forgotten. Said Buñuel of the film:This film has no intention of attracting nor pleasing the spectator; indeed, on the contrary, it attacks him, to the degree that he belongs to a society with which surrealism is at war.You can watch Un Chien Andalou on YouTube:One wonders what Buñuel and Dalí would have made of YouTube… Tags: art · film school · Luis Buñuel · movies · Salvador Dali · Un Chien Andalou · video