I would give this film a 4/10, I felt they went to far with the surrealism to the point where the movie made no sense and was needlessly vulgar, a memorable scene to me was the man with the bugs coming out of his hands as it recurred throughout the movie and was treated with a sense of shock.
Rating – 7/10
A memorable scene in the film for me was the insects bursting out the man’s hand, due to the unsettling and disturbing nature of the visuals that create a sense of fear and disgust.
Explain how the specific socio-historical contexts (first half of the 20th century) may have influenced the work of the early surrealist filmmakers – Following the first world war, artists and filmmakers adopted the surrealism movement to express their freedom from oppressors and used their work to imitate that of the unconscious mind and dreams. Early surrealist directors like Dali and Bunuel may have used imagery that signifies fear to remind audiences what kind of world they were leaving in just a few years prior, where they felt those emotions everyday.
Overall I’m giving the film a 7/10. I thought that the film had good pacing depicting violent imagery and unexplainable events. It offered many iconic scenes and was a masterpiece for its time.
An iconic scene for me is the eyeball scene due to the unfiltered horror elements projected on screen.
8/10 –
For me my memorable scene is this horrific image of an eyeball slit in the very beginning of the film. With this gory image at the very beginning it creates a fear as to what comes next throughout the film and puts the viewer on edge, and state of confusion to creepily allusive imagery, made in a surrealist structure.
women. most women in the film are represented as strong minded individuals who want to do the right thing. They show a sign of change from old fashioned views that are outdated in todays society to a sign of gender equality in both men and women. this is see in the state prosecutors Beatrice and Vega . women are also presented as venerable and controlled by the husband is some instances.
men. Men is sisters in law are Presented as bad people and are often defendants for things they had done. Most men seem to have very old fashioned traditional views that are not acceptable in todays society. For example views such as women are male property once married and that they must ask permission to leave the house. Males in a high status position such as lawyers are seen to be arrogant and disrespectful laughing there way through important court conversations and not taking trials seriously.
children. in sisters in law children are presented as venerable and endangered. Throughout the film there are multiple accounts of sexual harassment and abuse that the children appear to deal with. they are seen as scarred such as not being able to report what happened even in the safe hands of the state prosecutor
Muslims. Muslim men are presented as traditional and old fashioned. they are stubborn and disappointed in society for allowing traditional views change. even if it benefits his wife or children.
Galatea of the Spheres (1952)
Salvador Dali
This painting is the perfect example of how Salvador Dali mimicked the aesthetical structure of DNA. In this painting, he parodied the molecular structure of human beings.
The Burning Giraffe (1937)
Salvador Dali warned the effects and possibilities of war. He believed the only way humanity could be saved through psychoanalysis.
Surrealism – a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects, unexpected juxtapositions, etc.
Photograph of Surrealist artist Salvador Dali titled ‘Dali Atomicus (c. 1948), by Philippe Halsman
BrainChain (2001) by Willem den Broeder
The Broken Column 1944, Frida Kahlo
Henry Ford hospital 1932 Frida Kahlo
Dali Atomicus – Salvador Dali (1948)
The Philosopher’s Lamp – René Magritte (1936)
Philosophers lamp (René Magritte,1936)
Ulu’s Pants (Leonora Carrington’s, 1917)