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The opening scene invovles a guy raking a straight razor right through a woman's eye ... very nasty, and pretty realistic-looking for a 1929 film (I'm not even sure it wasn't real).
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Yes - on first viewing, you never expect to see the slicing act in such graphic detail after the initial opening of the eye and cutaway shot to the clouds above.
Having said that, I'm sure most people who have seen
Un Chien Andalou have tracked it down on the strength of hearing about that scene, so shocking for 1929.