Surrealist Shorts October 25, 2006

This quartet of classic Surrealist films includes American expatriate artist Man Ray’s elliptical adaptation of a poem by Robert Desnos, Dadaist Hans Richter’s surreal comedy featuring flying derby hats and self-firing pistols, René Clair’s delightfully uncanny restaging of the chase-film genre with a runaway hearse, and Luis Buñuel’s shocking yet celebrated collaboration with painter Salvador Dalí.

L'etoile de mer (aka The Star of the Sea)
Directed by Man Ray
France, 1928, b/w, silent, 18 min.

Ghosts Before Breakfast (Vormittagsspuk)
Directed by Hans Richter
Germany, 1927, b/w, silent, 8 min.

Entr'acte
Directed by René Clair
France, 1924, b/w, silent, 23 min.

Un chien andalou (aka An Andalusian Dog)
Directed by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali
France, 1928, b/w, 28 min.

Official Website: http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2006fall/surrealism.html#letoile