The Buñuel Test

1. Does the film have human characters?
2. Do they talk to each other?
3. Do they appear consciously aware of what they’re saying?

You’d be surprised at the films that fail the Buñuel test¹ such as…

• Un Chien Andalou (1929)
• Scorpio Rising (1963)
• Daft Punk’s Electroma (2006)
• La Jetée (1962)
• All Is Lost (2013)
• Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
• the videotape from The Ring (???)