Born Villain (film) in West Hollywood, California, which LaBeouf described as a large movie theater where Manson spends much of his time viewing films. LaBeouf said that he and Manson watched several films together there, and discussed the "really eccentric ideas" they had for their video collaboration. LaBeouf financed the film himself. It was inspired by William Shakespeare's "Macbeth", Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel's surrealist short film "Un Chien Andalou" (1929), Alejandro Jodorowsky's "The Holy Mountain" (1973), and what LaBeouf described as "heavy theology." Laney Chantal, the wife of Marilyn Manson member Twiggy Ramirez, served as the makeup artist for the short. Manson
Filmmaking technique of Luis Buñuel for example, combining the sound of gushing water with an image of a stagnant pool, or exaggerating the volume level of chiming bells. Music is an important part of Buñuel's early films, to such an extent that, for his one silent film "Un Chien Andalou", in his sixties, he took the trouble to create a sonorised version. He based this version on the music (Wagner, a South American tango) played at its original screening. "Un Chien Andalou" was his first film—made in the silent era—and was called "the most famous short film ever made" by critic Roger Ebert. One critic