Kingsley does a decent Dali impression, an aging Dali, that works despite his lack of any Spanish accent whatsoever. Ezra is a young Dali and that sort of works in a surreal way. Andreja has one of the best transgender role in film so far. I have mixed thoughts on how Gala was depicted. There's lots of quick nods to history, like Daliaian easter eggs, like a passing mention of some event like Dali's interaction with Disney. I felt they dropped the ball on Alice Cooper, but I have seen the hologram - it was in his Figueres museum and it crushed my brain in person because I had not heard of it prior to being there. But this is near the end, when they were both losing it, and it's a tad ugly. It's an unflinching look at the end of madness. Or genius. The end of Dali.
I was struck by how unsurreal most of this was. It plays out like a drama, only one mild hallucination while watching some melting brie, and his actual paintings are avoided. Not shown at all really. That was an interesting choice, as if showing them might spiral away into some Dalinean vortex, and the film would come off track.
I liked that they showed Cadaques and Pubol. It looked like they did some pick up shots there - couldn't tell if they were actually there, but if not, some of the sets were precise, like Gala's bedroom in Cadaques. I remember that because it had such odd architectural angles.
Ultimately, I felt it was flat. It dramatized some well known scandals and caricatured him and Gala heavily, but ultimately it seems to simplify too much. This is Dali. It needs to be 4D, not flat.
Not D00M recommended.
Seen on Hoopla.
I was struck by how unsurreal most of this was. It plays out like a drama, only one mild hallucination while watching some melting brie, and his actual paintings are avoided. Not shown at all really. That was an interesting choice, as if showing them might spiral away into some Dalinean vortex, and the film would come off track.
I liked that they showed Cadaques and Pubol. It looked like they did some pick up shots there - couldn't tell if they were actually there, but if not, some of the sets were precise, like Gala's bedroom in Cadaques. I remember that because it had such odd architectural angles.
Ultimately, I felt it was flat. It dramatized some well known scandals and caricatured him and Gala heavily, but ultimately it seems to simplify too much. This is Dali. It needs to be 4D, not flat.
Not D00M recommended.
Seen on Hoopla.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse