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and imaginary as one existence. The sources regarding Bunuel and Dali, since they were a collaboration, are Dali, Surrealism, and
Cinema by Elliott King, Robert Short’s The Age of Gold: Dali, Bunuel, Artaud: Surrealist Cinema as well as Surrealism and Cinema
by Michael Richardson. Chris Rodley collaborated with David Lynch to create Lynch on Lynch, which is all about the director and his
filmmaking. Along with reading books about these directors, the actual films themselves are being considered and viewed. Most of
these authors discuss the idea of transforming the way we view the world by combining the physical reality with the mental dreamlike
reality to make one reality, which is one of the main objectives of the Surrealist movement.
Definition of Surrealism
The intentions of the surrealist movement are at the forefront of many sources, which starts off the authors’ dialogue in a clear
way. Dalibor Veseley contributed an important article in the 1978 volume of Architectural Design, in which he explains the vision of
surrealism as a way of thinking and viewing the world, using quotes from primary sources written by Andre Breton. Veseley points
out that Breton believed “in the future resolution of those two seemingly contradictory states, dream and reality, of surreality, so to
speak.” 2 Using this idea, Veseley deduces that surrealists believed in a “new myth”, which is the surreality that involved the “whole
of human existence.” 3 This surreality is the “imaginary-real world of certain primitives, stripped of all supernatural implication and
meanings.” 4 Stuart Knight’s “Observations on Dada and Surrealism”, also in Architectural Design, adds that surrealism is a “state
of mind, a form of knowledge”, as opposed to just an art movement, that was able to revolutionize the “dream world into a palpable
reality.” 5 Author of Surrealism and Cinema, Michael Richardson notes that surrealism is a convergence of the “different realms of
existence” and “a meeting point between the opposites of light and dark, presence and absence, [and] actuality and imagination.” 6
Richardson claims surrealism is also a collaborative effort that is still a “living thing.” 7 Similarly, Elliot H. King, author of Dali, Surrealism
2 Surrealism and Architecture. Architectural Design 48, no. 2-3(1978), 87.
3 Ibid, 88.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid, 102.
6 Michael Richardson. Surrealism and Cinema. Oxford; New York: Berg, 2006, 1.
7 Michael Richardson. Surrealism and Cinema. Oxford; New York: Berg, 2006, 5.
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