Branded Eye: Bunuel's Un Chien Andalou

by Jenaro Taléns

In "The Branded Eye", Talens elevates the discussion of the intellectual and artistic movement of 1920s surrealism and Bunuel's "Un Chien Andalou" to a new level of sophistication. To approach Bunuel's work, he says, implies dealing not only with a specific text, but what "reading a film" means. In 1929, "Un Chien Andalou" opened in Paris to a riotous response. People were enraged and disturbed by its shocking content, structure, and narrative form...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816620474
• ISBN13: 9780816620470
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"