Un chien Andalou.

Hello all - I posted a few days ago regarding Eraserhead. Someone
recommended Un chien Andalou, saying it was a bit like Eraserhead.

Well, I downloaded the film, and watched it in its entirety last night, and
I'm afraid that it was the biggest load of rubbish I've ever seen, bar none.
I've looked at the reviews on IMDB, and I can't believe those guys watched
the same thing as me! Ground-breaking cinema? What, a bloke grabbing a
woman's tits, which then changes to a bare arse and then back to the tits
again? Dragging a couple of pianos with dead horses on them, and a couple of
strange blokes? I reckon I've sussed out why the ants were on his hands
though - he was itching for a wank after grabbing that bird's tits!

I am utterly convinced that the guy who made that film did it like that on
purpose just to confuse people, and then sat back laughing his bollocks off
at the arty-farty wazzocks who were trying to find a meaning when there
simply isn't one!

I do believe however that Eraserhead takes a bit of thinking about, and I
would like to watch it again. Unfortunately, I cannot do this as my Wife is
not prepared to sit through it again and I think it is too spooky to watch
alone, so I will have to rely on reviews from the internet.

Cheers - Den.

On 5/20/04 5:15 AM, in article c8ht4o$g5q$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk, "Den"
<denis.RemoveThis@spamfree.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> I am utterly convinced that the guy who made that film did it like that on
> purpose just to confuse people, and then sat back laughing his bollocks off
> at the arty-farty wazzocks who were trying to find a meaning when there
> simply isn't one!


You are actually exactly right. Luis Bunuel and Savador Dali set out to
make a film that meant NOTHING.

And they made no secret of it, whenever anyone asked them what UCA was
about, they said "Nothing, absolutely nothing."

People WOULDN'T BELIEVE THEM. And to this day people strive to find meaning
in that deliberate meaninglessness.