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List of films influenced by the Surrealist movement

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Surrealism was a cultural movement which began in the early 1920s. Well known for artwork and writing produced by group members, it also influenced the medium of film. Surrealist films include Un chien andalou and L'Âge d'Or by Luis Buñuel and Dalí; Buñuel went on to direct many more films, with varying degrees of surrealist influence.

Modern films influenced by surrealism

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The animated films of Isao Takahata began to have broad international influence in the 1970s. Experimental works by the anime production company Gainax tend to contain surreal elements, notably Hideaki Anno's movie The End of Evangelion. Angel's Egg, produced by Mamoru Oshii and artist Yoshitaka Amano, is perhaps the most notable example of surrealist influence in anime.

American directors

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David Lynch (Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, and Inland Empire)

Canadian directors

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Denis Villeneuve (Enemy)

Guy Maddin (Cowards Bend the Knee, The Saddest Music in the World, Brand Upon the Brain, My Winnipeg)

Eastern European directors

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New Asian directors

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See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ "If Wojciech Has had become a painter, he would surely have been a Surrealist", wrote the Polish critic Aleksander Jackiewicz. "He would have redrawn antique objects with all their real accoutrements and juxtaposed them in unexpected ways." - http://koti.mbnet.fi/cgurney/reality/saragossa_wojciech.html
  2. ^ Dream Review at AsianMovieWeb
  3. ^ Breath Review at the Hollywood Reporter
  4. ^ The ferocious eye of Kim Ki-duk by Mike Walsh
  5. ^ "The Structure of Human Life": Kim Ki-duk Archived 2011-10-28 at the Wayback Machine at GreenCine

Further reading

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  • Le Cinéma des Surréalistes, ed. by Henri Béhar, Lausanne : L'age d'homme, 2004.
  • Richardson, Michael. Surrealism and Cinema. Paperback edition. Oxford: Berg, 2006. ISBN 1-84520-226-0.
  • Short, Robert. The Age of Gold: Surrealist Cinema. Creation Books, 2003. ISBN 1-84068-059-8.
  • Williams, Linda. Figures of Desire: A Theory and Analysis of Surrealist Film. Paperback edition. University of California Press, 1992. ISBN 0-520-07896-9.
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