Influence
Film scholar Ken Dancyger has argued that Un Chien Andalou might be the genesis of the filmmaking style present in the modern music video. Roger Ebert has called it the inspiration for low budget independent films.
Premiere ranked the opening scene as 10th out of "The 25 Most Shocking Moments in Movie History".
Un Chien Andalou is referred to in the Pixies song "Debaser". The film is cited by Frank Black as being a major influence on the band's work.
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“Somewhere along the line of development we discover who we really are, and then we make our real decision for which we are responsible. Make that decision primarily for yourself because you can never really live anyone else’s life not even your child’s. The influence you exert is through your own life and what you become yourself.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)
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“I have always found that when men have exhausted their own resources, they fall back on “the intentions of the Creator.” But their platitudes have ceased to have any influence with those women who believe they have the same facilities for communication with the Divine mind as men have.”
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