Films in the early 20th century were not seen by mainstream art. Film art has long been regarded as a juggling style and satisfies people’s curiosity. Strong avant-garde, contemporary and revolutionary, and its diversified integration and use of art does not allow mainstream art to ignore it for a long time. The film surrealism that appeared in the early 20th century justified film as a revolutionary art. An excellent example of this.
Surrealism originally existed in the field of literature. In the 1920s, avant-garde filmmakers introduced surrealism into movies pioneeringly, which had a huge impact on the development of film art in later generations, and as a film in the early 20th century The representative work of surrealism, "An Andalu Dog" has been epoch-making in the annals of film history, and is respected by many film theory schools as the originator of surrealism movies. So far, almost all film schools still regard this film as a movie. The use of teaching materials, and its wide coverage and deep influence is really rare. In the same period, Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin" greatly promoted the film montage theory, while "An Andalu Dog" created a precedent for film symbolism, echoing each other, and promoting the huge art of the entire film. develop.
The analysis of "An Andalu Dog" seems endless. The short 16-minute video has allowed later film theorists to analyze it for nearly a century. Throughout the many analysis, it can be roughly divided into two schools. One is based on Flo. Ide’s subconscious theory is used to analyze it, and the other is based on the symbolic combination of lens. Among them, the analysis of the subconscious theory is more mainstream, emphasizing the existence of the subconscious, and countering logic through the absurd performance of dreams, producing some divergent and non-fixed meanings. The story itself has no logic, but the amount of information is huge. Rich, These irrational and anti-logical combinations have produced a huge extension of the film's connotation. Some of the metaphorical elements are still used in movies regularly. This is similar to the absurd "flavour" of the lens combination of dreams. People dare to say that he fully understood the movie, but every time he digs out, he can always unearth different things, and the use of surrealism in the movie makes this film even more shocking, even after nearly 100 years, this film It is still extremely avant-garde.On the one hand, it illustrates the weight of the film, and on the other hand, it also illustrates the inaction of later movies.
The content of "An Andalu Dog" is a typical self catharsis. It is a carnival of Dali and Buñuel, a dream combination of two lunatics or geniuses, and later generations seem to never touch their dreams. The whole dream can only be captured as if there is nothing, and the short 16-minute dreamland absurd combination provides an inexhaustible metaphorical extension. Whether it is intentional or unintentional, the experimental nature of this film is truly worthy of the "experiment." Character. So far, how many excellent works have been affected by this film more or less, it can be said that "An Andalu Dog" historically runs through the entire film history afterwards!
This article does not analyze metaphors, but I still want to briefly mention a few metaphorical elements. The first is hands and severed hands. Hands are a very important part of the human body. Humans have evolved to use hands and started to use hands. It is the separation of humans and beasts. An important symbol of humanity is that humans work by hands, and the existence of independent hands and separated from other parts of the body has a strong symbolic meaning. It can extend to masculinity, the human nature separated from beasts, and it can also be used as A symbol of civilization and so on. The second is the gun. The gun has a strong genital symbolism in "An Andalu Dog". The third is a surreal shot of eye-cutting, balabalabala. The use of these elements in later art films is amazing. . Another thing I have to mention is Dali’s influence on this film. As a surrealist painter, Dali’s creative style and trend are fully reflected in "An Andalu Dog". Dali’s paintings have a great effect on dreams. Preference is also fully applied to "An Andalu Dog". The things that are difficult to capture under his brush are moved onto the screen. Dali's paintings are also biased towards anti-logical juxtapositions. It is easy to find by comparison, "An Andalu "Dog" is so deeply imprinted by Dali! And Buñuel personally feels that the influence of this film is far less powerful than that of Dali.
On the one hand, it can be said that the film "An Andalu Dog" does not say anything. On the other hand, it can also be said that "An Andalu Dog" has too much to say, and too much information makes the interpretation of this film change. Difficulty and jerky, these are the two extremes. As creators, Dali and Buñuel felt that there was no need for explanation, but the more successive interpretations of later generations approached the core of the film, the less able it was to reach its essence. Western theorists like to attribute the underlying sexual impulse and irrational behavior to surrealism. Among them, symbolism has become a dog food that has long been scrambled by film critics. Andalu, the dog, has wandered in surrealist movies for nearly a long time. A century for future generations to pay respects and worship, and continue to give away their food for later generations of filmmakers and film critics. As a symbolic crotch, "An Andalu Dog" has been worn by people for a century. Surrealist movies of later generations are constantly crawling under the crotch, not genitals, but a puff of urine. taste.
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