Amour fou
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| '''Amour fou''' is French for '''mad love''' and '''mad passion'''. It was a concept essential to the surrealist doctrine and can be seen in the films of [[Luis Buñuel]]. | '''Amour fou''' is French for '''mad love''' and '''mad passion'''. It was a concept essential to the surrealist doctrine and can be seen in the films of [[Luis Buñuel]]. | ||
| - | :"Above all else, the surrealists insisted that the relationship between film and spectator was primarily [[libidinal]]. That [[Paul Éluard]] discovered ''[[Peter Ibbetson]]'' (a 1935 Hollywood film that Breton considered comparable only to Luis Buñuel's ''[[L'Âge d'or]]'' in its depiction of [[amour fou|L'Amour fou]]) by impulsively trailing an attractive woman into a movie theater was seen as ultimate proof." --''[[Midnight Movies]]'' (1983). page 36. | + | |
| ==Namesakes== | ==Namesakes== | ||
| '''Mad Love''' or ''amour fou'' is the name of: | '''Mad Love''' or ''amour fou'' is the name of: | ||
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Amour fou is French for mad love and mad passion. It was a concept essential to the surrealist doctrine and can be seen in the films of Luis Buñuel.
Namesakes
Mad Love or amour fou is the name of:
- Mad Love (1935 film), a 1935 film starring Peter Lorre
- Mad Love (Breton), a collection of poems by André Breton
- L'Amour fou : Photography and Surrealism (a book on surrealism and photography)
See also
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