Lectures NZ

Gus Fisher Gallery

Seashells and razorblades: An ode to surrealist cinema

Gus Fisher Gallery, 74 Shortland Street, Auckland CBD

The screening features a curated suite of excerpts from seminal Surrealist films of the 1920s to 1940s. Highlights include Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali’s Un Chien Andalou (1929), Germaine Dulac’s The Seashell and The Clergyman (1928), and works by Rene Clair, Man Ray, and Maya Deren.

This offers a glimpse into the French Surrealist movement and its cinematic legacies.

FREE