Un Chien Andalou officially welcomed into the ranks of the Surrealists by the movement's leader André Breton, an event recalled by film historian Georges Sadoul: "Breton had convoked the creators to our usual venue [the Café Radio] ... one summer's evening. Dalí had the large eyes, grace, and timidity of a gazelle. To us, Buñuel, big and athletic, his black eyes protruding a little, seemed exactly like he always is in "Un Chien Andalou", meticulously honing the razor that will slice the open eye in two." Among the most enthusiastic viewers of the film were the wealthy couple Viscount Charles and Marie-Laure de
Préludes flasques (pour un chien) wrote a second set of pieces on the same theme, the "Veritables Preludes flasques (pour un chien)" (1912), which proved a breakthrough in Satie's career and creative development. The original "Préludes flasques" were presumed lost for decades and would not see print until 1967. Satie was never a pet-owner, but his fondness for dogs is well known. Stray mongrels he occasionally fed and sheltered were the only visitors he allowed inside his one-room Arcueil apartment during the 27 years he lived there. And among the random jottings in his composition notebooks can be found Blaise Pascal's famous quote, "The more