Méliès invented many of the techniques of cinematic grammar, and among his fantastic, surreal short subjects is the first science fiction film A Trip to the Moon ( Le Voyage dans la Lune ) in 1902 ).

Although high level of stylization, mystical appeal, and surreal elegance were often preferred over realism ( such as in shan shui style ), beginning with the medieval Song Dynasty there were many Chinese painters then and afterwards who depicted scenes of nature that were vividly real.

Subsequent historians examining the Early Modern witch trials, particularly Carlo Ginzburg, Eva Pocs and Emma Wilby have also emphasised that the accounts in many of the witch trials represent visionary experiences, containing within them imaginary and surreal elements, which goes against Murray's rationalization of the trial accounts.

# The second chapter is devoted to the fauna of this world, depicting many animals that are surreal variations of the horse, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, birds, etc.

The series starred comedian Chris Elliott and ran for two seasons, despite a lack of support from many Fox network executives, who disliked the show's dark and surreal humor.

The loose, improvisatory animation, frequently surreal action ( particularly in films such as Snow White and Bimbo's Initiation ), grungy atmosphere, and racy pre-Code content of the early Fleischer Studios cartoons have been a major influence on many underground and alternative cartoonists.

Her popularity was drawn largely from adult audiences, and the cartoons, while seemingly surreal, contained many sexual and psychological elements, particularly in the " Talkartoon ," Minnie the Moocher, featuring Cab Calloway and his orchestra.

He is a self-labeled surrealist known for his surreal animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Terry Gilliam, the Brothers Quay, and many others.

At the infinite level, it allows one to construct all real values, as well as many infinite ones which fall within the class of surreal numbers.

The show featured humorous and surreal elements in its narrative, and many recurring themes centered on two brothers both named Pete Wrigley, and their various interactions with family, friends, and enemies.

The show used surreal humour as the base for many of it's jokes, and it's presentation was very conversational, with each item tending to involve one or more members of the family, and later on roping in other recurring characters such as scientist Finsbury Park ( Steve Bowditch ).

The humor of these captions ranged from what many would consider the disgusting to the surreal, and from the low-brow to the cerebral.

Soon thereafter, Ben begins having surreal dreams and visions, which set him on the trail of a man named Henry Scudder, a drifter who crossed paths with the carnival many years before, and who apparently possessed unusual abilities similar to Ben's own.

Although the album generally retained the uptempo pop drive of the Teardrops, it was also an introspective and surreal work with many references to childhood.

As time went on the show became increasingly surreal, and in several sketches the writers seemed to see how many strange ideas they could cram into a sketch.

A surreal send-up of inside-the-beltway mores during the administration of Bill Clinton, many of the cartoons featured a cat involved in behind-the-scenes political skullduggery.

According to musical theatre scholar Scott Miller in his 1996 book, From Assassins to West Side Story, " Pippin is a largely under-appreciated musical with a great deal more substance to it than many people realize ... Because of its 1970s pop style score and a somewhat emasculated licensed version for amateur productions which is very different from the original Broadway production, the show now has a reputation for being merely cute and harmlessly naughty ; but if done the way director Bob Fosse envisioned it, the show is surreal and disturbing.

The strips tend to take many free-associative liberties and are by turns satirical and surreal, often whimsical and sometimes touching on serious themes.

Overall, despite the often surreal nature of the strip, Irritability gives the impression of having a consistent setting, which sets it apart from many strips that rely upon the strange-meets-mundane comedy formula.

In many ways, the show reverts back to the silent era of shorts with surreal settings and offbeat character depictions.

There are many epiphytes and large, hanging mossy formations, giving a surreal and ghostly effect.

In particular Q5, which first aired on 24 March 1969, and with its surreal bent and almost stream-of-consciousness format is seen by many as a forerunner to Monty Python's Flying Circus, which debuted some months later.

In particular Blue-Red Hackenbush can be used to construct surreal numbers: finite Blue-Red Hackenbush boards can construct dyadic rational numbers, while the values of infinite Blue-Red Hackenbush boards account for real numbers, ordinals, and many more general values that are neither.

The surreal imagery of Tanning ’ s paintings from the 1940s and early 50s – in such paintings as Birthday ( 1942, Philadelphia Museum of Art ) and Eine kleine Nachtmusik ( 1943, Tate Modern, London )-and her close friendships with artists and writers of the Surrealist Movement have led many to regard Tanning as a Surrealist painter.

Earnest in tone in comparison to its self-consciously hip and ironic predecessors, Dead Man was thematically expansive and of an often violent and progressively more surreal character.

Although a comic strip, it was far from a simple children's fantasy ; it was often dark, surreal, threatening, and even violent.

The comic's style parodies British comics of the post-war period, notably The Beano and The Dandy, but with incongruous language, crude toilet humour, black comedy, surreal humour and either sexual or violent storylines.

His cartoons grew increasingly violent, irreverent, and surreal, not beholden to even the faintest hint of real-world physics, and his characters have been argued to be easily the most rubbery and wacky of all the Warner directors '.

Reeves and Mortimer's unique comedy combines surreal, often inexplicable, visually and verbally inventive material which often verges on the downright bizarre with traditional comedy double act staples such as violent, cartoonish slapstick ( such as the duo engaging in escalating fights with large frying pans, baseball bats, hammers etc ...), witty, often improvised silly banter ( usually at a trademark, prop-strewn desk ) and purposefully corny, rapid-fire jokes.

* Choo-Choo Bear, Davan's cat, a boneless and hairless cat ( due to an unexplained " rare bone disease " and chemotherapy ), is the most surreal of all the characters, capable of taking on strange shapes ( washrags, a drink, toilet paper, and freshly popped toast ) to comedic and / or violent effect.

" His review states: " On first blush it might seem no more than a violent surreal fantasy, a work of fabulous but probably deranged imagination.

After the meeting, Mr. Kitano's dreams take a violent, surreal turn.

The show also featured surreal elements, such as puppets playing talking animals or objects.

The Truth About Nursing, which checks the realism of the medical series, gave Scrubs a " Nursing rating " of 1. 5 out of 4 stars, but an " Artistic rating " of 3 out of 4 stars, praising that " despite the nasty and surreal elements, its characters are not above learning or growing, as they try to cope with the very real stresses of life and death at the hospital ".

The series is a black comedy with surreal elements.

was the start of an annual tradition of episodes with stories that bordered on the fantasy, with supernatural elements and a surreal atmosphere.

The creators Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen often combine farce with either surreal or dramatic elements in episodes.

It may also include more surreal or fantastic elements, as these can be conveyed on a small budget with just a few sound effects or some simple dialogue.

* One of the most distinctive genre writers of the 1930s, who also blended genres with deceptive facility, was Pierre Véry, whose mystery novels always incorporated surreal or supernatural elements.

Scenes are shot through with surreal elements, such as some scenes being shot in black and white.

Gabo described himself as “ making images to communicate my feelings of the world .” In his work, Gabo used time and space as construction elements and in them solid matter unfolds and becomes beautifully surreal and otherworldly.

Strand has been compared to Robert Bly in his use of surrealism, though he attributes the surreal elements in his poems to an admiration of the works of Max Ernst, Giorgio de Chirico, and Rene Magritte.

* Black Books, a sitcom about a Bookshop owner, flavoured with surreal and nonsensical elements on Channel 4 ( 2000-2004 ).

A traditional superhero world colored by surreal elements.

In content, Hitherbies tend toward the surreal and fantastic, are often humorous, and incorporate elements of philosophy, computer science, and pop culture.

Other surreal elements to the cartoon include such strange characters as the evil genie of the bottle, living chess pieces from Alfred's chess game, Pied Piper style Clown On The Moon, and aliens who appear like ducks except for their human-style feet, and a " dream " style Wild West episode during which Dolf seems to become aware that he is a character in a cartoon.

Instead of releasing a straight concert video, Duran Duran and director Russell Mulcahy thought it might be fun to play around with the origins of the band's name ( the 1968 film Barbarella ), and added a storyline and some surreal elements that are woven around and through the footage of the band playing on stage.

His style of humour is savage, profane and often controversial, with surreal elements and a consistent satirical pessimism.

The episodes usually deal with Bunny and the problems of a modern life in the big city, and often present surreal elements.

The surreal, even dream-like elements, such as time shifts and walking through mirrors, also earned the story some distinction.

There is constantly tongue-in-cheek elements throughout every episode including fast-paced dialogue, surreal imagery and strange characters.

From 1992 to 1999, The Independent ran Blegvad's strangely surreal, comic strip, Leviathan, which received much critical praise for blending some of the most interesting elements of Krazy Kat with a coming-of-age-esque story akin to Calvin and Hobbes.

The first was a gritty thriller whilst the second was more surreal, with more emphasis on the post-modern elements.