The surreal side of Buster Keaton and the slapstick aspects of Luis Bunuel will come into focus when University of Chicago film professor James Lastra pairs Keaton’s 1927 comedy College with Un chien andalou, the surrealist classic that Bunuel and Salvador Dali made two years later. This juxtaposition kicks off the series “Luis Bunuel: Master of Surrealism,” which runs at the Film Center Fridays and Tuesdays through May 7 and includes lectures by Lastra at the Tuesday evening screenings.
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Lastra will speak at the 6 PM screening of College and Un chien andalou (with live piano accompaniment by David Drazin) on Tuesday, January 29, at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State. Other screenings, with recorded music, are Friday, January 25, at 8:30 and January 29 at 2. Tickets are $8; for more information call 312-846-2800.
