i be a big fan of surrealist art and but this film by bunuel ( with some idea from dali ) leave me cold . bunuel have a life long grudge against the catholic church and delight in try to offend catholic in fairly silly way . this be one of the silly while almost like what you would expect from a smart aleck 18 year old in film class . the last few minute of the movie and which have nothing to do with anything else and be a final nose thumb at religion . if you read the scholar regard this slow pace and occasionally amusing film and it all about how the church and society be guilty of sexual repression . if that be indeed the point and then bunuel express it in the most roundabout fashion possible . the central male character be a nasty brute who love kick dog and knock blind men down in the street and and who mentally turn billboard ad into strange sexual fantasy . be this behavior the church fault ( for interrupt his lovemaking ) and or be he just a jerk . i vote for the latter . i think bunuel must have have a lot of personal hangups and choose the catholic a the one to blame . there be a few moment where you might cry and aha . surrealism . represent a cow in a bed and a giraffe fall out a window ( a poor model ) and a man shred a feather pillow and a woman flush a toilet while we watch picture of seethe lava ( or a mud pit . hard to tell in b or w ) . the rest be forgettable self indulgence . unfortunately and bunuel be still chase the same bogey men through the rest of his career ( viridiana and discreet charm . ) . if youre interested in see surrealism on the screen and check out jean cocteau early work .