Robinson Crusoe (1954) and The Young One (1960) are unusual films in Bunuel’s oeuvre, since they lack many of the usual surrealist undertones from many of his other works. These two films are visually similar to the other Hollywood films of the era, which could speak to the overall “look” of films of this time. Robinson Crusoe in particular carries the same visual style as Hercules (1958), from the costumes to the poster design. The Young One does step away from this look in a few ways, namely with the hard, high-contrast lighting more reminiscent of the American Noir than the blockbuster epic. In this film in particular, some unique aspects of Bunuel’s style still shine through. This is most apparent in the use of animals in the film and how their portrayal relates directly to the characters. Evvie, the young girl, has a pet deer who is tied to the house for most of the film which evokes both Evvie’s innocence and her entrapment to the island. The most surreal scene in the film occurs when a raccoon finds its way into the henhouse, kills a chicken and eats it while the other hens watch. The brutality of the scene recalls the sequence in Las Hurdes, when the bachelors rip the heads off the roosters. In the context of the movie, the sequence has a double meaning in which the raccoon represents Miller’s predation on Evvie and the lack of interference by the church and its patrons to protect her.