Un chien andalou

Un chien andalou is a landmark 1929 surrealist short film directed by Luis Buñuel and co-written with Salvador Dalí, designed to defy logic and rational interpretation. The film presents a series of bizarre, dreamlike sequences with no conventional narrative, deliberately drawing from the unconscious mind. Its shocking imagery, most notably the eye-slitting opening scene, cemented its place as one of cinema's most provocative and influential works.

• Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí wrote the script in six days.
• The infamous eye-slitting scene used a dead calf's eye.
• The film has no coherent narrative by intentional design.
• Buñuel threatened to throw marbles if audiences booed it.
• It remains one of the most influential surrealist films ever.

• Once upon a time...
• Eight years later.
• In the spring.
• Sixteen years ago.
• Towards three in the morning.