subrealism
subrealism by Misunaki June 4, 2026
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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
Word of the Day on May 3, 2026
positive surealism
A wave of interaction either spoken in word form; animation; video or on a lower scale musical.
Describes what can appear a lower form of society when in fact it is the newest form of governing world institution. The Party of the people ready to hit Hollywood images become a real life revolution completed.
An electrical force/spirit that when in complete control of any conscience can create huge urges of activism,
Part of an overall equation that brings a lasting feeling of Peace of mind.
Describes what can appear a lower form of society when in fact it is the newest form of governing world institution. The Party of the people ready to hit Hollywood images become a real life revolution completed.
An electrical force/spirit that when in complete control of any conscience can create huge urges of activism,
Part of an overall equation that brings a lasting feeling of Peace of mind.
Armed political movements putting guns and bomb out of the equation whilst trying to finally get the correct equation to make peace a reality. What is the positive surealism of this?
positive surealism by Zipifried March 9, 2010
surrealistic pillow
Album by Jefferson [Airplane. The number one selling album in 1967. Great hits such as White Rabbit, Somebody To Love, Today, My Best Friend, and Plastic Fantastic Lover.
surrealistic pillow by Henry March 17, 2005
Surrealist
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
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
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