Passage: Surrealist cinema, beginning with works like Un Chien Andalou, sought to translate the logic of dreams into a visual medium. This movement was deeply influenced by Freudian psychoanalysis, particularly the idea that the unconscious mind communicates through symbols, displacement, and condensation. Surrealist filmmakers rejected traditional narrative structures, such as cause-and-effect and linear time, in favor of 'automatic' sequences that aimed to shock the viewer into a state of heightened awareness. By presenting irrational juxtapositions (a razor blade slicing an eye followed by a cloud passing over the moon), they hoped to bypass the repressive influence of the rational ego. Critics often argued that these films were merely indulgent exercises in obscurity. However, proponents maintained that Surrealism provided a more 'authentic' representation of human experience than realism could, because it acknowledged the fundamental irrationality of the psyche. This radical approach paved the way for modern avant-garde film techniques.