Surrealism and cinema

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Funeral Parade of Roses is a 1969 Japanese film directed by Toshio Matsumoto.

Tip of the hat to Girish:

The first, historic path of surrealism and cinema must be (according to AM) broadly defined to include not just officially acknowledged ‘classics’ by René Clair, Germaine Dulac & Antonin Artaud, Joseph Cornell, Marcel Duchamp, etc., but also certain films by Robert Benayoun, Ado Kyrou, Nelly Kaplan, Walerian Borowczyk, Toshio Matsumoto, Jean Rouch, etc. –Girish

I am currently reading Le Surréalisme au cinéma, which is often mentioned as the standard work on surrealist cinema.It is an excellent introduction to cult cinema tout court. Perhaps more on this later.

2 thoughts on “Surrealism and cinema”

  1. Gautam

    That was a very bizarre film. But then again, the Japanese have always been successful at incorporating a certain surrealist element in everything they do. Be it film, fashion, lifestyle, music or art.

    Speaking of Surrealist Cinema, I’ve found Emir Kusturica to be a little surrealist in his work- Tim Burton pulled it off a couple of times but then again he’s a big-budget director and he cannot be too experimental.

    Just my thoughts- thanks for the post.

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