Volume 3,Issue 7
The Dream Interpretation of the Film An Andalusian Dog
Un Chien Andalou, a surrealist short film co-created by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, has exerted a profound influence on the art of cinema with its distinctive narrative style and symbolic imagery. Rejecting traditional linear storytelling, the film employs non-linear techniques such as flashbacks, interpolations, symbolism, and free association to explore themes of the subconscious and psychological depths. Through the dreams of the male and female protagonists, it presents gender archetypes rooted in Freudian psychoanalytic theory. Its stream-of-consciousness narrative and richly metaphorical imagery not only sparked widespread discussion at the time of release but continue to be studied and interpreted by film scholars and critics, securing its status as a classic in the history of cinema[1].
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[2] Dr. Fernando C, 1989, Starting from 'An Andalusian Dog'. Journal of Beijing Film Academy, (02): 135-142.
[3] Han J N, Stripes, Order, and the Desire to be Exploited: An Interpretation of the Surrealist Film 'An Andaru Dog'.
[4] Jose de la Corina, Luo R, 1989, Louis Bunuel's Surrealist Double Link Painting - On "An Andalusian Dog" and "The Golden Age". Journal of Beijing Film Academy, (02): 157-165.
[5]Reich W, 1946, The Mass Psychology of Fascism. New York. Orgone institute Press.