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Luis Buñuel's surrealist film 'Un Chien Andalou' (1929) opens with a shocking scene involving what object?
Answer
A razor and an eye
The opening of 'Un Chien Andalou' features one of cinema's most disturbing images: a razor blade slicing across an eye. This 16-minute surrealist masterpiece shattered conventional cinema and remains shocking today.
💡 Did you know?
The eye used was actually a calf's eye, not a human eye, but the visual impact remains one of cinema's most unsettling moments.
Other options people guess
- A gun and a door
- A knife and bread
- A glass and milk
Topics
- International Cinema
- Surrealism
- Spanish Film
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