Surrealism was a cultural movement which began in the early 1920s. Well known for artwork and writing produced by group members, it also influenced the medium of film. Surrealist films include Un chien andalou and L'Âge d'Or by Luis Buñuel and Dalí; Buñuel went on to direct many more films, with varying degrees of surrealist influence. Modern films influenced by surrealism The animated films of Isao Takahata began to have broad international influence in the 1970s. Experimental works by the anime production company Gainax tend to contain surreal elements, notably Hideaki Anno's movie The End of Evangelion. Angel's Egg, produced by Mamoru Oshii and artist Yoshitaka Amano, is perhaps the most notable example of surrealist influence in anime. American directors David Lynch (Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive, and Inland Empire) Canadian directors Denis Villeneuve (Enemy) Guy Maddin (Brand Upon the Brain, My Winnipeg) Eastern European directors Wojciech Has (The Saragossa Manuscript, and The Hour-Glass Sanatorium) New Asian directors Kim Ki-duk (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring, Real Fiction, Time, 3-Iron, Breath, Dream) See also New French Extremity References Notes Further reading Le Cinéma des Surréalistes, ed. by Henri Béhar, Lausanne : L'age d'homme, 2004. Richardson, Michael. Surrealism and Cinema. Paperback edition. Oxford: Berg, 2006. . Short, Robert. The Age of Gold: Surrealist Cinema. Creation Books, 2003. . Williams, Linda. Figures of Desire: A Theory and Analysis of Surrealist Film. Paperback edition. University of California Press, 1992. . External links Surrealist Cinema at FilmReference.com Film glossary definition for: "Surrealism" at Allmovie List of Surrealist Films at Allmovie Surrealism Information at Klinkov Valeriy Surrealism and the Cinema (PDF) at Godnose.co.uk Harvard Film Archive - Adventures in Surrealism at Harvard University Aesthetics and Philosophy of Film - Surrealism and Dada at Harvard University The Surrealist Conspirator: An Interview With Jan Svankmajer at AWN.com Surrealism Surrealism