This document discusses surrealism as an international film style. It begins by defining world cinema as films from non-English speaking countries. It then contrasts looking at film as a commercial product versus an art form. When viewed as art, films can experiment more with style and communicate messages to audiences. Surrealism was the first film movement to develop from an existing art movement. An art movement is a style with a shared philosophy followed by artists over some time. Modern art rejected realism and focused more on abstraction and concepts. Surrealism extended these non-realistic ideas.