Surrealist
Surrealist by Surrealist February 7, 2004
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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
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.
James: You gotta check the forums to get an estimate, dude.
surrealist by J_102 March 29, 2013
Surrealist
A forum member, generally unknown or despised. Usually runs tiny websites with virtually no members. *sigh*
Surrealist by Surrealist February 7, 2004
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.
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.
- “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.
Surrealist Documentary by Jrskow July 16, 2011
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
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.
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.
Surrealist Facial Hair Stylist by mroconnell August 16, 2010
commercial surrealism
A style of filmmaking that uses odd angles, zooms, pointless video effects, musical numbers, and sudden noises to try to keep an audience's attention, but ends up just drowning whatever information is intended with sheer noise. Common in the 1990s, for instructional videos and commercials. Best exemplified by Bill Nye.
Coined by the RedLetterMedia series "Best of the Worst"
Coined by the RedLetterMedia series "Best of the Worst"
"Ugh, I didn't learn a thing from that science video, all I got from it is a headache. It was too full of commercial surrealism to understand."
commercial surrealism by FreezingKaiju June 20, 2020
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surreality
1. Happenings that when intersected into one's own sphere of reality, strike oneself as surreal or fantastic.
2. A group's consensus reality as it appears to a non-involved individual or group, especially if profound differences exist between the two parties.
2. A group's consensus reality as it appears to a non-involved individual or group, especially if profound differences exist between the two parties.
1. Meg's conversation with the Amway representative gave her a view into the surreality of vertical marketing schemes.
2. Upon their first visit to the countryside, many urban-dwelling folk are amazed at the archaic surreality still embodied in rural America.
2. Upon their first visit to the countryside, many urban-dwelling folk are amazed at the archaic surreality still embodied in rural America.
surreality by xaocoh September 25, 2006
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