Surrealism Overview
Soupault’s publication of Manifeste du Surréalism in 1924. Rising in the wake of the First World War, Surrealism revolted against a world that had become…
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Dulac, Germaine (1882–1942)
Germaine Dulac (born Charlotte Elisabeth Germaine Saisset-Schneider) directed more than thirty films bearing the traces of Impressionism, Cinéma Pur, Surrealism, and Abstraction. She is known…
L’Age d’Or (1930)
L’Age d’Or [The Golden Age] (1930) is a Surrealist comedy by director Luis Buñuel and scenario writer Salvador Dalí. This feature-length film, commissioned after the…
Un Chien Andalou (1929)
Un Chien Andalou [An Andalusian Dog] (1929) is a short Surrealist film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, who collaborated on the scenario. The opening…
Buñuel, Luis (1900–1983)
Luis Buñuel is the film director most often associated with Surrealism, although his own career spanned many genres, film industries, and nations. Born to a…
Dadaism in Film
Members of the Dada cultural and artistic movement began to experiment with film as a means to disseminate their stylistic partialities and cultural values through…
Duchamp, Marcel (1887-1968)
Duchamp was one of the most influential and original artists of the 20th century. He rejected the constraints of painting and believed (both as an…
Surrealism Overview
Soupault’s publication of Manifeste du Surréalism in 1924. Rising in the wake of the First World War, Surrealism revolted against a world that had become…