# Wondering about a weird, French movie

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 3, 2002, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-about-a-weird-french-movie/135065 "2002-11-03T04:23:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![xvxdarkknightxvx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/34f0e0/32.png) [@xvxdarkknightxvx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xvxdarkknightxvx)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-about-a-weird-french-movie/135065/1 "2002-11-03T04:23:26Z")

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OK, for those of you who saw The Ring may know what I’m talking about, but otherwise this may be a little hard to explain. I remember a while back, I believe I was reading something on the Straight Dope, I read an article or thread or something about a disturbing black and white (I think) video in which a woman was sitting in a chair (again, I think), the camera zooms in on her, and someone with a knife cuts her eye open. I remember there was an explanation that right before they cut her eye, they switched the eyes and cut a cow’s eye (sigh, I think again).

This video is reminiscent of the tape played in The Ring, with all those tiny disturbing video clips. If anybody could give me a link to where I could find this or at least the name of the person who made this video, it would be appreciated. Thank you very much. I’ve googled for hours to no avail.

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-about-a-weird-french-movie/135065/2 "2002-11-03T04:45:10Z")

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Le Chien Andalou (sp?), maybe?

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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-about-a-weird-french-movie/135065/3 "2002-11-03T04:46:16Z")

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You’re thinking of _Un Chien Andalou_ (An Andalusian Dog), made in 1929. It was made by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali. Here’s the link to the IMDb entry:

[http://us.imdb.com/Title?0020530](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0020530)

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**Author:** ![xvxdarkknightxvx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/34f0e0/32.png) [@xvxdarkknightxvx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xvxdarkknightxvx)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-about-a-weird-french-movie/135065/4 "2002-11-03T04:53:00Z")

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Wow, that’s amazing. Exactly what I meant. Thank you very much.

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**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-about-a-weird-french-movie/135065/5 "2002-11-03T05:38:48Z")

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This is a very well known surrealist film. Check out the [Staff Report on the eyeball scene](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/munchienandalou.html).