The short film Un Chien Andalou by Luis Buñuel is strange in which there is no plot in the film; no sense of direction. Every scene makes a drastic turn not really correlating with the previous scene. The director uses music to portray a certain vibe in the film as well as substituting the absence of the actors’ voices. The video incorporates surrealistic qualities by adapting dream-like scenes, giving the viewer the impression that the film itself is a dream. Therefore, reason is almost disregarded completely. The short film shows unexplainable and freakish things that takes place in the film such as slicing the eye of a donkey and the male actor pulling two men who are tied to two donkeys on top of two grand pianos. My take on this short film is that Luis Buñuel tried to convey the unusual and unexplainable dreams that we sometimes tend to have and that are difficult to describe or interpret and that not everything must have an explanation.

Ballet Mécanique by Fernand Léger embraces Dadaist and Futurist attributes. The short film also does not provide any plot. Therefore, it may be difficult to determine what the message may be (if any). The short film incorporates repetition and displays what one might assume as random scenes. My take is that there are some repetitive scenes that do not have any significant importance to the film such as the random apparition of shapes. However, there are other incorporations that are displayed various times such as the young and older women. In connection to the Dadaist Manifesto, Tristan Tzara mentions that it’s time to break away from the norms such as men being considered as the superior gender. Perhaps, the director wants the viewer to perceive women equal to men. In addition, the film also shows mechanical gears in a fast motion which represents Futurism. During the display of the gears, there is suspense music which can portray the fast pace of the new era. It shows that the new era of modern technology should be embraced along with the Dadaist ideals.