Title: Surrealism and Cinema
Description: Summary:Surrealism has long been recognised as having made a major contribution to film theory and practice, and many contemporary film-makers acknowledge its influence. Most of the critical literature, however, focuses either on the 1920s or the work of Buuel. The aim of this book is to open up a broader picture of surrealism''s contribution to the conceptualisation and making of film. Tracing the work of Luis Buuel, Jacques Prvert, Nelly Kaplan, Walerian Borowcyzk, Jan vankmajer, Raul Ruiz and Alejandro Jodorowsky, Surrealism and Cinema charts the history of surrealist film-making in both Europe and
Subjects: Surrealism, Art in motion pictures
People: Jacques Prévert (1900-), Nelly Kaplan, Walerian Borowczyk, Raúl Ruiz (1941-2011), Alejandro Jodorowsky, buuel