Surrealist film
surrealism was founded as an artistic movement and evolved from a previous movement called dadaism, which was created as a protest of WW1. Dadaism was often labelled 'anti art', and its main purpose was to highlight the seeming pointlessness of life and as an opposition of the war and lives lost. Many pieces tested the boundaries of art and what it was viewed as, with the movement being accredited as Anti Establishment, Anti war and Anti Art.
Surrealism itself was founded as a movement in 1924 by artist Andre Breton, who drafted the surrealist manifesto in 1924. It took heavy influence from previous dadaism as a response to World War 1 and commented on similar themes like the lack of purpose life has, and was influenced partly by Sigmund Freud and his theory about insanity being a key to breaking our logic, and also comments on the state of the unconscious mind and dreams.The surrealist manifesto entailed many themes, some of the most reoccurring being that of a lucid state, dreaming, sleeping, imagination, psychology, human logic, memory and awakening.
The purpose of surrealist art, films and animations are usually to express the state of the human mind in a dream or trance like state, where often sense and logic don't apply. Surrealism in film has brought forward many cinematic pieces to create confusion, unease and often are designed simply to evoke emotions and reactions out of its audience, often disregarding storytelling and cinematic tropes and rules to do so, only adding to the confusion and unknown. Many artists also felt restricted by the definitions, expectations and boundaries that art had received in western culture, and wished to liberate art from the expectations of the general public.
Surrealism art works are still being created today, even 80+ years after its original founding. throughout this time period, many film makers have created works the have contributed to the art movement. One of the most prolific and famous directors in the genre is Man Ray, who was one of the only Americans to play a major role in the surrealist and dada movement, which took part largely in Europe. His films include the 1928 film The Starfish, and 1926 film Leave me alone. Man Ray also contributed to the medium through photography, one of his famous works being "the gift" (1921)
An Andalusian dog is another famous film from this time, and features many disturbing scenes such as a womans eye being sliced open, and ants crawling out of the hole in someones hand. the 1928 film was a project created in partnership with director Luis Buneland and famous surrealist painter Salvador Dali.
spellbound (1945) was another surrealist film that was created with the help of painter Salvador Dali, and was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The visual inspiration of the surrealist and Dada art movements can be clearly seen in the set design of the film. The common themes seen in Surrealism such as eyes, being in a dream like state, and an overall sense of convusion and lack of logic or explanation.
Surrealism itself was founded as a movement in 1924 by artist Andre Breton, who drafted the surrealist manifesto in 1924. It took heavy influence from previous dadaism as a response to World War 1 and commented on similar themes like the lack of purpose life has, and was influenced partly by Sigmund Freud and his theory about insanity being a key to breaking our logic, and also comments on the state of the unconscious mind and dreams.The surrealist manifesto entailed many themes, some of the most reoccurring being that of a lucid state, dreaming, sleeping, imagination, psychology, human logic, memory and awakening.
The purpose of surrealist art, films and animations are usually to express the state of the human mind in a dream or trance like state, where often sense and logic don't apply. Surrealism in film has brought forward many cinematic pieces to create confusion, unease and often are designed simply to evoke emotions and reactions out of its audience, often disregarding storytelling and cinematic tropes and rules to do so, only adding to the confusion and unknown. Many artists also felt restricted by the definitions, expectations and boundaries that art had received in western culture, and wished to liberate art from the expectations of the general public.
Surrealism art works are still being created today, even 80+ years after its original founding. throughout this time period, many film makers have created works the have contributed to the art movement. One of the most prolific and famous directors in the genre is Man Ray, who was one of the only Americans to play a major role in the surrealist and dada movement, which took part largely in Europe. His films include the 1928 film The Starfish, and 1926 film Leave me alone. Man Ray also contributed to the medium through photography, one of his famous works being "the gift" (1921)
An Andalusian dog is another famous film from this time, and features many disturbing scenes such as a womans eye being sliced open, and ants crawling out of the hole in someones hand. the 1928 film was a project created in partnership with director Luis Buneland and famous surrealist painter Salvador Dali.
spellbound (1945) was another surrealist film that was created with the help of painter Salvador Dali, and was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The visual inspiration of the surrealist and Dada art movements can be clearly seen in the set design of the film. The common themes seen in Surrealism such as eyes, being in a dream like state, and an overall sense of convusion and lack of logic or explanation.
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