I've decided to go on a movie phase again, finally got around to replacing the T.V. that broke many months ago and I got a multi-region DVD player so I can play movies from other countries. Been meaning to do this forever.
Anyway I've discovered this other surrealist director similar to Luis Bunuel and his name is Jodorowsky. I got his first film "Fando & Lis" (1968) not expecting to like it much, but instead quite enjoyed it. He's got something going for him that Bunuel doesn't have, though it's hard to put a finger on what. I think it's because even though he is easily as bizarre as Bunuel there's not as much humor and sometimes he manages to convey a profound message at the same time as being nonsensical. I think his most famous film is The Holy Mountain, though which I just got and will watch soon.
My favorite part in Fando & Lis was probably this guy out in the middle of a quarry playing an upright piano that was on fire while people slow danced, all of them dressed up in evening gowns and tuxes. Later when the piano eventually burned up, he shows it falling over on the ground with this huge piano crashing noise and then he reverses the footage a few times so we get to watch it fall over and make that noise over and over. Another thing he does that Bunuel doesn't is he uses weird sounds sometimes that don't have anything in particular to do with what is happening in the scene. Totally bizarre, dream-like subconsious stuff. Not sure if it would appeal to everyone here, but I love it.