Luis Buñuel of stones with which to pelt anticipated hecklers. After the premiere, Buñuel and Dalí were granted formal admittance to the tight-knit community of Surrealists, led by poet André Breton. Late in 1929, on the strength of "Un Chien Andalou", Buñuel and Dalí were commissioned to make another short film by Marie-Laurie and Charles de Noailles, owners of a private cinema on the Place des États-Unis and financial supporters of productions by Jacques Manuel, Man Ray and Pierre Chenal. At first, the intent was that the new film be around the same length as "Un Chien", only this time with sound.
Anti-Catholicism in literature and media the most notable is the Spanish film director Luis Buñuel, a fierce critic of what he saw as the pretension and hypocrisy of the Catholic Church. Many of his most famous films demonstrate this: "Un chien andalou" (1929): A man drags pianos, upon which are piled several priests, among other things. "L'Âge d'Or" (1930): A bishop is thrown out a window, and in the final scene one of the culprits of the 120 days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade is portrayed by an actor dressed in a way that he would be recognized as Jesus. "Ensayo de un crimen"