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Surrealist Documentary

n.

In aspiring to open the imagination upon reality, Surrealism blurs the distinction between fact and fiction. In Surrealist documentaries the realistic effect is used to hook the viewer into the world represented by the film in order to disrupt taken-for-granted assumptions about that world. In Surrealist documentary, commentary is either absent, sparse or stripped of its dominance, becoming more of a dissonant or contrapuntal voice.
Examples of Surrealist Documentary:
- “Häxan” (English title: The Witches or Witchcraft Through The Ages) is a 1922 Swedish/Danish silent film written and directed by Benjamin Christensen. Based partly on Christensen's study of the Malleus Maleficarum, a 15th century German guide for inquisitors, Häxan is a study of how superstition and the misunderstanding of diseases and mental illness could lead to the hysteria of the witch-hunts.
- “Las Hurdes: Tierra Sin Pan” (1933), (English language: Land Without Bread or Unpromised Land) is a 27-minute-long documentary film directed by Luis Buñuel and co-produced by Buñuel and Ramon Acin. The narration was written by Buñuel, Rafael Sanchez Ventura, and Pierre Unik, with cinematography by Eli Lotar. The film focuses on the Las Hurdes region of Spain, the mountainous area around the town La Alberca, and the intense poverty of its occupants. Buñuel, who made the film after reading the ethnographic study Las Jurdes: étude de géographie humaine (1927) by Maurice Legendre, took a Surrealist approach to the notion of the anthropological expedition. The result was a travelogue in which the narrator’s extreme (indeed, exaggerated) descriptions of human misery of Las Hurdes contrasts with his flat and uninterested manner.
- “F for Fake” (1974), an Orson Welles film documenting/embellishing/fabricating information about "fakery" in general and about the famous "fakers" Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving.
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surrealist

a fan of the webcomic SURREALITY written and illustrated by ASHES
surrealists tend to make theories and be involved with the comic itself by making fanart or just by publicly reacting to any of the pages
John: I wonder how many surrealists are out there..
James: You gotta check the forums to get an estimate, dude.
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Surreal Entertainment

A youtuber whom creates beautiful pieces of artwork to post on a site about sharing. He is so powerful that he can create memes in a whole new dimension of space, 3D.
Wow this video gives me some surreal entertainment vibes
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Screal

a scream that sounds like a squeal.
"She got so scared that she screaled!"
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Surreal

By definition, a synonym for weird. Often used by critics to describe situations in comedy in which the character does something out of the ordinary or unexpected. This form of comedy is intended to catch you off guard, and is usually used sparingly to increase it's impact. Few comedy shows or movies revolve around utterly surreal comedy to the point where a serious or dramatic moment is, in turn, surreal, in the show, or reverse surreal. Shows such as Spongebob Squarepants, Bobobo-bo-bo-bobo, Space Ghost, and Xavier Renegade Angel are examples of shows that often use Surreal comedy.

In short, the word Surreal is mainly used to describe a bizarre situation, event, or action in comedy or real life intended to throw the audience off guard, rarely having a punchline, other than the fact that it so bizarrely happens.
I just watched a cartoon where a dog just randomly talked in a low voice. It was so random, I had to call it Surreal.
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Surreality

The opposite of reality.

A world, time, place described by surrealists through paintings, sculpture, writing, et cetera.
My mind is fixated in surreality, time can melt, hallways change length, and there are no words but touch.
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Surrealist Facial Hair Stylist

n.

1: A barber that dresses beards and mustaches in a way that aims to liberate the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious

2: A barber that dresses beards and mustaches that are themselves deemed to be surrealist

3: A hair dresser cuts or styles hair with his or her face or the face of another
ex. 1 My beard used to make me look boring until I started visiting a surrealist facial hair stylist.

ex. 2 My moustache is a lobster so I can only have it tended to by the most qualified surrealist facial hair stylists.

ex. 3 When the stylist ate the only pair of scissors in the establishment and began to chew my hair away, I knew I was dealing with a surrealist facial hair stylist.
by mroconnell August 16, 2010
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