For Monday night’s blog post, watch and respond (min 350 words) to the two films Un Chien Andalou and Ballet Mécanique (both on the video page of this blog). Consider the both the form and content of the works and think about how they represent what we’ve read in André Breton’s Manifesto on Surrealism. What sort of a ‘logic’ is at work in these films? What effect do they have on you and their intended audiences of the time? Think about some of the key themes we’ve been discussing in class, especially those we covered in the Futurist, Creationist, and Dadaist manifestos (shock, violence, the disruption of normal and conventional tastes, mores and senses of ‘correctness’). I think you’ll find these two films to be very appropriate for the holiday weekend. Enjoy!