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Poll Question: Which director specialized in surrealism do you prefer?
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    Posted: May 01 2017 at 19:32
I have to abstain from voting for now. Love all of them too much to choose.
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Jesus, that's a hell of a lineup. I'm abstaining as well...
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I don't think I could choose either, but at his moment I might go for Jodorowsky or Fellini. I'd add Jean Cocteau and Jan Švankmajer. And for ones with a surrealistic edge, Cronenberg and many others.
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I don't think I could choose either, but at his moment I might go for Jodorowsky or Fellini. I'd add Jean Cocteau and Jan Švankmajer. And for ones with a surrealistic edge, Cronenberg and many others.

How about adding Alain Resnais?


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How about Terry Gilliam. Brazil? The Adventures of Baron Munchausen? The Fisher King? 12 Monkeys?
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Master of surrealisme is Clive Barker auther and creator of Hellraiser and Abarat, hes in the level of Gaiman, Pratchett and Adams in surrelist fantasy fiction

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All great movie directors and favourites of mine but it has to be Jodorowski. I think he is unparalleled when it comes to surrealism. He is somehow able to elevate crude, hell even corny, images to sublime beauty. The Holy Mountain is one of my all-time favourite movies. 
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I don't think I could choose either, but at his moment I might go for Jodorowsky or Fellini. I'd add Jean Cocteau and Jan Švankmajer. And for ones with a surrealistic edge, Cronenberg and many others.

How about adding Alain Resnais?


For some of his films, sure, such as Last Year at Marienbad, I'd say. And I guess lots of his short films. He was certianly very interested in surrealism.

Anyway, there are a tonne of filmmakers who have explored surrealism to some extent including favourites of mine such as Jeunet et Caro, von Trier, Gilliam and Peter Greenway, though that is not to say that they specialized in surrealism.

Several of my favourite films of the last decade have surrealistic qualities: High-Rise, Under the Skin, the Lobster and The Bothersome Man. EDIT: And Pan's Laybrinth.

As for the poll choices, I wasn't sure who to go for, but David has swayed me to vote for Jodorowsky (was leaning that way anyway). I watched Holy Mountain not that that long ago and mentioned it one of my polls under fantasy as a surreal fantasy film.

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After reflection, I have to go with Bunuel on purely surrealist grounds. I believe he was the father of surreal cinema. The work he did with Dali is quite amazing and I watched The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie recently.
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Does Jean-Pierre Jeunet count? He is a little more dystopian-retro-future-fantasy and tends to be more linear in approach than the above. But the textures created with Caro's designs are pretty surreal.

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^ No hard and fast rule here eh. I'm not familiar with Jeunet but if you believe he works primarily in surrealism and you prefer him to those listed in the poll, go ahead and vote "Other".
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^Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children, Amelie

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Jeunet is brilliant, I think. I love City of Lost Children, Delicatessen and Amelie. I don't know that I'd call him a surrealist, but he certainly delves into surrealism, and worth mentioning for those looking to discover more surrealist film works. Well worth checking out, I think, but I'm a fan of his....

A favourite scene of mine from City of Lost Children:



I showed my kids this at Christmas when they were small. I guess I'm kind of a bad dad.

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^Hard to know where the line is. For pure surrealism I would only consider Erasurehead Lynch's truly surrealist film. But like Hubert said 'No hard and fast rule here'. Jeunet may be a little more on the Del Torro end of things as he has the ability to make beauty out of dingy textures. That Santa scene is a great example of the opposite. All those contrasting Christmas colors in what is ultimately a grotesque, dark setting.

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I watched Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal yesterday. Wow, are any of his other films as spectacularly good? If the other movies he directed are similar even in the slightest to this one, he has a rightful place among the directors listed in the poll.
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Originally posted by Larkstongue41 Larkstongue41 wrote:

I watched Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal yesterday. Wow, are any of his other films as spectacularly good? If the other movies he directed are similar even in the slightest to this one, he has a rightful place among the directors listed in the poll.

He has at least a few films better than The Seventh Seal, Persona foremost among them. Get going, buddy.
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David Lynch, because he's the loony psycho who directed eraserhead, blue velvet, lost highway and my favorite and unfairly trashed Dune.
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I don't think I could choose either, but at his moment I might go for Jodorowsky or Fellini. I'd add Jean Cocteau and Jan Švankmajer. And for ones with a surrealistic edge, Cronenberg and many others.
Jan Švankmajer is a great pick and a genuine surrealist. I love Conspirators of Pleasure.

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From what I've seen Bunuel is the most consistent.

Also, I would like to nominate Kenneth Anger, Walerian Borowczyk and Jean Rollin.
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