An Andalusian Dog
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An Andalusian Dog is a 1929 surrealist short film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, famous for its shocking, dreamlike imagery and pioneering influence on avant-garde cinema.
All labels observed (1)
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| An Andalusian Dog canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1978455 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An Andalusian Dog Context triple: [Un Chien Andalou, translatedTitle, An Andalusian Dog]
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A.
The Kennel
The Kennel is the famously raucous home environment for Gonzaga University's men's basketball team, known for its intense crowd energy and strong home-court advantage.
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B.
The Twa Dogs
The Twa Dogs is a satirical poem by Robert Burns in which two dogs discuss and contrast the lives of the rich and the poor in 18th-century Scotland.
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C.
The Dog Pound
The Dog Pound is the passionate student cheering section known for creating an energetic home-ice atmosphere at Boston University Terriers men's hockey games.
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D.
The Gentle Shepherd
The Gentle Shepherd is a celebrated 18th-century Scottish pastoral drama by Allan Ramsay that blends rustic comedy with social commentary and helped shape modern Scottish literary tradition.
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E.
The Dogs of War
The Dogs of War is a 1980 political war film based on Frederick Forsyth’s novel, following mercenaries hired to overthrow a fictional African dictator.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An Andalusian Dog Target entity description: An Andalusian Dog is a 1929 surrealist short film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, famous for its shocking, dreamlike imagery and pioneering influence on avant-garde cinema.
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A.
The Kennel
The Kennel is the famously raucous home environment for Gonzaga University's men's basketball team, known for its intense crowd energy and strong home-court advantage.
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B.
The Twa Dogs
The Twa Dogs is a satirical poem by Robert Burns in which two dogs discuss and contrast the lives of the rich and the poor in 18th-century Scotland.
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C.
The Dog Pound
The Dog Pound is the passionate student cheering section known for creating an energetic home-ice atmosphere at Boston University Terriers men's hockey games.
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D.
The Gentle Shepherd
The Gentle Shepherd is a celebrated 18th-century Scottish pastoral drama by Allan Ramsay that blends rustic comedy with social commentary and helped shape modern Scottish literary tradition.
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E.
The Dogs of War
The Dogs of War is a 1980 political war film based on Frederick Forsyth’s novel, following mercenaries hired to overthrow a fictional African dictator.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
avant-garde film
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short film ⓘ silent film ⓘ surrealist film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
dreams of Luis Buñuel
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dreams of Salvador Dalí ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Albert Duverger ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| createdByMovement | Spanish surrealists ⓘ |
| culturalStatus |
classic of surrealist cinema
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cult film ⓘ |
| director | Luis Buñuel ⓘ |
| distributor | Les Grands Films Classiques ⓘ |
| famousScene |
ants emerging from a hand
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eye-slicing sequence ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental film
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horror ⓘ surrealism ⓘ |
| influenced |
experimental cinema
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horror cinema ⓘ music video aesthetics ⓘ |
| language | French intertitles ⓘ |
| movement |
Surrealism
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surface form:
surrealism
|
| musicBy | tango records (in later sound screenings) ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure |
dream logic
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nonlinear ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dreamlike narrative
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influence on avant-garde cinema ⓘ shocking imagery ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
film Un Chien Andalou
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surface form:
Un Chien Andalou
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| premiereDate | 1929-06-06 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Studio des Ursulines, Paris ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Les Grands Films Classiques ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1929 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 16 ⓘ |
| setting | Paris ⓘ |
| sound | silent with musical accompaniment ⓘ |
| stars |
Pierre Batcheff
NERFINISHED
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Simone Mareuil ⓘ |
| theme |
dream versus reality
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irrational desire ⓘ subversion of bourgeois values ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| writer |
Luis Buñuel
ⓘ
Salvador Dalí ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: An Andalusian Dog Description of subject: An Andalusian Dog is a 1929 surrealist short film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, famous for its shocking, dreamlike imagery and pioneering influence on avant-garde cinema.
Referenced by (1)
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subject surface form:
Un Chien Andalou