Un chien Andalou

“The most successful of all the purely surrealist films. Intended to be a work of art produced directly from the subconscious mind about which the director has stated that ‘nothing symbolizes anything.’ Nonetheless, some of the details—the sliced eye, the ants pouring from the hand, the willful confusion of breasts and buttocks—have become a part of film history and the picture may now be viewed as a series of brilliantly executed metaphors” (Museum of Modern Art).