Historiographical anomalies in the surrealism cinema of Buñuel and Dalí in Un chien andalou and L’âge d’or: between aesthetic subversion and political critique

Abstract

This article analyzes the films Un chien andalou and L’âge d’or by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, challenging David Bordwell’s historiographic categories. Through an interdiscipli-nary approach integrating psychoanalysis, philosophy, and film studies, the article highlights the films’ radical critique of the political, religious, and cultural order of the 1930s. The analysis reveals how Buñuel and Dalí’s cinematic surrealism transcends traditional classifications. It contextualizes their production within the rise of fascism and the Spanish Civil War, as well as their influence on filmmakers such as Lynch, Almodóvar, and von Trier. The conclusion asserts that these works reaffirm cinema as a space of rupture and creative freedom.