Un Chien Andalou directed exclusively to the artistic sensibility and to the reason of the spectator." Against his hopes and expectations, the film was a huge success amongst the French bourgeoisie, leading Buñuel to exclaim in exasperation, "What can I do about the people who adore all that is new, even when it goes against their deepest convictions, or about the insincere, corrupt press, and the inane herd that saw beauty or poetry in something which was basically no more than a desperate impassioned call for murder?" Through their accomplishment with "Un Chien Andalou", Dalí and Buñuel became the first filmmakers to be
Pett and Pott and the telephone - are praised. Viewed in retrospect, the film has been described as 'radical fun', rather like Un Chien Andalou reworked by Gilbert and Sullivan. Pett and Pott Pett and Pott (subtitled A Fairy Story of the Suburbs) is a 1934 short film produced by John Grier under the auspices of the GPO Film Unit and directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. Made to promote wider use of the telephone, "Pett and Pott" is a satirical comedy. based around two contrasting suburban families who live next door to each other. While virtuous Mrs Pett looks after the home and tends