No.3 in Fantastical and Unusual Celluloid (warning – contains spoilers).
No.3 Faust – Jan Švankmajer (1994)
18 Friday Apr 2014
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18 Friday Apr 2014
No.3 in Fantastical and Unusual Celluloid (warning – contains spoilers).
The surrealism aspect presented in this clip had me remembering the Bunuel/Dali classic “Un Chien Andalou”
Finding that is not included in your list of “Films – Fantastical and Unusual Celluloid”, let me hereby recommend it.
I am now thinking I should give “FAUST” a watch – thanks sonmicloud!
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I shall have a watch of it at your recommendation then. To be honest, I’ve been avoiding it because I know about the whole eyeball slicing episode. Which now I mention it once again puts me off. Yet I must get over my repulsion, because to be fair many of the films on my
It’s have some gruesome, yet integral parts to them. I’ll let you know how I get on. Faust is crazy. Very bizarre. Weird. You’ll like it I’m guessing ha. 🙂
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I have seen Un Chien Andalou several times and true that Eyeball deal never gets easy.
There is a good review of the film on RogerEbert.com
(/reviews/great-movie-un-chien-andalou) that may help to lend some perspective to this cinematic creation.
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Ok. I’ll fly the cloud over there and have a read. And probably watch the film in segments holding said cloud up to cover my own eyes when the unpleasantries appear. Thanks Masodo 🙂
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Well that was a solid gold recommendation mister masodo, it really was, as is the superb review. I enjoyed it very much and it shall be posted anon, happily granted a place on my prestigious list! 🙂
-sonmicloud
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Oh good! Glad you enjoyed it. I assure you there are few folks I could imagine recommending “The Dog” to but after reviewing your list I could see how you might well appreciate it.
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Yes, it’s definitely not for most people. It’s a moving surrealist painting, a disconnected dreamworld. Just my cup of tea in a nutshell 🙂
– sonmicloud
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