Cinema of Spain the industry; 44 of the 58 films released up until that point had been produced there. The rural drama "La aldea maldita" ("The Cursed Village") (Florian Rey, 1929) was a hit in Paris, where, at the same time, Buñuel and Dalí premiered "Un chien andalou" ("An Andalusian Dog"). "Un chien andalou" has become one of the most well-known "avant-garde" films of that era. By 1931, the introduction of audiophonic foreign productions had hurt the Spanish film industry to the point where only a single title was released that year. In 1935, Manuel Casanova founded the "Compañía Industrial Film Española S.A."
Un Chien Andalou on a gramophone. Modern prints of the film feature a soundtrack consisting of excerpts from Richard Wagner's "Liebestod" from his opera "Tristan und Isolde" and a recording of two Argentinian tangos, "Tango Argentino" and "Recuerdos" by the Vicente Alvarez & Carlos Otero et son orchestre. They were first added to a print of the film in 1960 under Buñuel's supervision. Film scholar Ken Dancyger has argued that "Un Chien Andalou" might be the genesis of the filmmaking style present in the modern music video. Roger Ebert had called it the inspiration for low budget independent films. "Premiere" ranked the opening