Dalíland

Name: Dalíland
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: June 9, 2023
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Alexander Beyer, Andreja Pejic, Avital Lvova, Barbara Sukowa, Ben Kingsley

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: June 9, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Alexander Beyer, Andreja Pejic, Avital Lvova, Barbara Sukowa, Ben Kingsley, Christopher Briney, Ezra Miller, Mark McKenna, Rupert Graves, Zachary Nachbar-Seckel

Summary: Dalíland stars Ben Kingsley as the titular Salvador Dalí, one of the most world-renowned artists of the 20th century and focuses on the later years of the strange and fascinating marriage between Dalí and his wife, Gala (Barbara Sukowa), as their seemingly unshakable bond begins to stress and fracture. Set in New York and Spain in 1974, theDalíland stars Ben Kingsley as the titular Salvador Dalí, one of the most world-renowned artists of the 20th century and focuses on the later years of the strange and fascinating marriage between Dalí and his wife, Gala (Barbara Sukowa), as their seemingly unshakable bond begins to stress and fracture. Set in New York and Spain in 1974, the film is told through the eyes of James (Christopher Briney), a young assistant keen to make his name in the art world, who helps the eccentric and mercurial Dalí prepare for a big gallery show. … Expand

Director: Mary Harron

Genre(s): Biography, Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 97 min

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Liam Lacey

Jun 8, 2023

Possibly, no sane person could truly explain Dalí — who could account for the painter of Atmospheric Skull Sodomizing a Grand Piano? — but Harron’s film maintains a wry compassion for these mad love birds, who have spent their lives defying convention and perhaps reality itself. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Sep 28, 2022

It’s both a highly entertaining movie and, by the end, a haunting one. It revels in Dalí’s artifice even as it mercilessly peels away his layers. Read full review

Richard Brody

Jun 9, 2023

The ultimate deflation of the movie into a pointed drama of norms and ethics doesn’t, however, dispel its glorious hour of theatrical spectacle and artistic mystery. Read full review

The Guardian Cath Clarke

Sep 5, 2023

The cleverness of Kingsley’s performance is the twinkle in his eye that leaves you wondering whether Dalí has disappeared entirely up his own myth. How much of the eccentricity is a put-on, brazen self-publicity to maximise sales? Disappointingly, the script invents a fictional art school dropout to be our guide to Dalí’s universe. Read full review

Tara Brady

Nov 17, 2023

Daliland is an entertaining if disappointingly formulaic entry into the Harron canon. Read full review

Katie Walsh

Jun 9, 2023

It’s easy to take for granted what’s good about Dalíland, namely Gala and Dalí as played by Sukowa and Kingsley. Sukowa’s depiction of a Russian woman with a taste for drama and the finer things in life is over the top, but deadly accurate; Kingsley balances imperiousness and vulnerability beautifully and with an ease only he seems capable of achieving. Read full review

Andrew Crump

Jun 8, 2023

The worst choice Mary Harron makes in Dalíland is relying on convention to make an end-stage portrait of an unconventional figure. Read full review

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Mauro_Lanari

Sep 10, 2023

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"We want the portrait of the genius of surrealism." Dalì also had his quirks and weaknesses that grew with old age and the biopic focuses more on this twilight aspect, why shouldn't it have done that? Perhaps he would not have liked it, but it corresponds to the description(Mauro Lanari)
"We want the portrait of the genius of surrealism." Dalì also had his quirks and weaknesses that grew with old age and the biopic focuses more on this twilight aspect, why shouldn't it have done that? Perhaps he would not have liked it, but it corresponds to the description provided by Buñuel in a chapter of his own autobiography. It is not the farce or tragedy of a ridiculous couple but the respectful and respectable tale of an eccentric extravagant artist and his wife in their full humanity. The soundtrack includes "Drag Queen" from Roxy Music's 1st album although Amanda Lear appears on the cover of the 2nd one, '73's "For Your Pleasure".… Expand

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