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Despite it being the most confusing movie I had ever seen, coupled with Buñuel and Dalí's energetic rejection of rational meaning in the film, I saw Un Chien Andalou as an exploration of desire and the obstacles in the path of instinctual passion, equally indebted to Surrealism and Freud. The narrative of the film is illogical, like the narrative of a dream. Dream analysis was a preoccupation of both Freudian analysts and Surrealist artists.
What a masterpiece. This could be the greatest movie ever in terms of psychological drama.
Seeing each of the patients dealing with their own mental/physical struggles and being repressed by the tyrannical Nurse Ratched, followed by the relationship they developed with Randle McMurphy was deeply touching. I never expected this movie to evoke that many different kinds of emotions.
The suicide of Billy Bibbit near the end spoke a lot about his character and psychological disorder. It manifested his sense of…
Great film that elaborates on how decisions can alter a person’s life. In Robert Oppenheimer's case, his scientific, political and social life.
In my personal opinion, the main plot of the entire film was right at the end, where Oppenheimer was haunted by the visions of nuclear war, as he realizes that his scientific endeavors could potentially lead to disastrous consequences that would alter the world forever.
It was a relief to find out that the film was largely historically…
After a long while in my waitlist, I finally got to give it a watch.
Another masterpiece from Stanley Kubrick and an epitome of a modern dilemma. I liked how his study of the Vietnam War chose individual narratives over a collective moral message, demonstrating how military is able to screw up one’s mind and individualism. I wonder how depressing this movie would be without the soundtracks.
Great performance by R. Lee Ermey and all the others.
