Un Chien Andalou reference to the popular children's novel "Platero y yo" by Juan Ramón Jiménez, which Buñuel and Dalí hated. Anthropologist Jean Rouch has reported that after filming was complete, Buñuel and Dalí had run out of money, forcing Buñuel to edit the film personally in his kitchen without the aid of a Moviola or any other technical equipment. The first screening of "Un Chien Andalou" took place at Studio des Ursulines, with an audience of "le tout-Paris". Notable attendees of the première included Pablo Picasso, Le Corbusier, Jean Cocteau, Christian Bérard and George Auric, in addition to the entirety of André
Filmmaking technique of Luis Buñuel almost always in visually striking ways by combining cinematography and set design, and in poetically artful ways through his direction. Often Buñuel would apply the technique of such mise-en-scène to combine multiple single scenes within a film directed by him to represent more encompassing aspects of the film when viewed as a whole. Buñuel's filmmaking technique was influenced by many aspects of his personality which included sharp contrasts of character and self-identity. His first picture, "Un Chien Andalou"—made in the silent era—was called "the most famous short film ever made" by critic Roger Ebert, and his last film, "That Obscure