3401  Un perro andaluz

Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 18:55:36 +0000
From: Sergio Vandekier <sergiovandekier990@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Un perro andaluz

Un chien andalou (Un perro andaluz) An Andalusian dog, is a surrealistic
film created by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali in 1929.

Spain and France were centers of surrealistic art at the beginning of last
century and although both artists are Spanish the movie was made in France.

The original movie was black and white and silent. Different types of music
were added over the years. Initially they played an amalgamation of
Argentinean tangos and Wagner's Isolde's Death of the opera Tristan und
Isolde. Other versions had music by the German composer Wolfgang Rhim or the
Argentinean composer Martin Matalon who specially wrote the music for this
film . The movie was also played to Luciano Berio's piano sonata.

The original tango amalgamation probably will never be found as hundreds of
early tangos have been lost for ever.

Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 15:25:57 -0400
From: Nitin Kibe <nitinkibe@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Un perro andaluz

I saw this film in Madrid, at the Reina Sofia Museum. What struck me was
the astonishng resemblance to a milonga/salon scene: perhaps it was the
tango music, the evening clothes, the brilliantined hair, the exchange of
(hot!) glances, the '30s feel. More than a little primal.
Good wishes to all.
Nitin Kibe
Washington DC

>From: Sergio Vandekier <sergiovandekier990@HOTMAIL.COM> Reply-To: Sergio
>Vandekier <sergiovandekier990@HOTMAIL.COM> To: TANGO-L@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: [TANGO-L] Un perro andaluz Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 18:55:36 +0000
>
>Un chien andalou (Un perro andaluz) An Andalusian dog, is a surrealistic
>film created by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali in 1929.
>
>Spain and France were centers of surrealistic art at the beginning of last
>century and although both artists are Spanish the movie was made in France.
>
>The original movie was black and white and silent. Different types of music
>were added over the years. Initially they played an amalgamation of
>Argentinean tangos and Wagner's Isolde's Death of the opera Tristan und
>Isolde. Other versions had music by the German composer Wolfgang Rhim or
>the Argentinean composer Martin Matalon who specially wrote the music for
>this film . The movie was also played to Luciano Berio's piano sonata.
>
>The original tango amalgamation probably will never be found as hundreds
>of early tangos have been lost for ever.
>