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The surprise arthouse hit of last year, Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO, invented its own revolutionary visual language to, among other things, show viewers the world as seen through the eyes of a donkey. Skolimowski cites Robert Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar and its donkey protagonist as a key inspiration for his film, and we in turn were inspired to go a little deeper into the humble jackass and its glorious history in cinema, from Bresson to Jacques Demy to, yes, Shrek—which, much like EO, was in competition for the Palme d’Or at Cannes. Giddy-up!