Un Chien Andalou : French Film Guide (Paperback)

Contents Illustrations Synopsis Introduction: It's dangerous to look inside I Producing Un chien andalou: myths of origin From scenario to screen: a close collaboration Premiere and reception of Un chien andalou A surrealist film? II Romantic melodrama or magic theatre? Classic film narrative subverted A cinema of attractions Psychoanalytical readings Symbols or material images? III Contexts and intertexts: between Fantomas and the fairground Spanish contexts Surrealist iconography A parody of 1920s films Early cinema and fairground intertexts 1920s social context: destabilizing gender roles Conclusion Credits Bibliography