| Description |
1 online resource (365 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Salvador Dalí, the youngest, most sacred monster of the cinema in his time -- Art and anti-art -- 'C'est un film surréaliste!'. Un chien Andelou ; l'Âge d'or ; Five minutes on the subject of surrealism ; Against the family ; The sanitary goat ; Babaouo ; The surrealist mysteries of New York -- Hollywood. Giraffes on horseback salad ; Moontide ; Spellbound ; Destino ; Father of the bride ; The temptation of St Anthony -- Later Films. The wheelbarrow of flesh ; The soul ; The Catalan blood ; The prodigious story of the lacemaker and the rhinoceros ; Interview with ... Robert Descharmes ; Chaos and creation ; Soft self-portrait of Salvador Dalí ; 'The explosion of the swan' ; Dune ; Impressions of Upper Mongolia: Hommage to Raymond Roussel ; Interview with ... Amanda Lear ; The little demon |
| Summary |
Salvador Dalí is one of the most widely recognized and most controversial artists of the twentieth century. He was also an avant-garde filmmaker - collaborating with such giants as Luis Buñuel, Walt Disney and Alfred Hitchcock - though the impetus and endurance of his fascination with film has rarely been given the attention it merits. King surveys the full range of Dalí's eccentric activities with(in) the cinema. Influenced by the Marx Brothers, Buster Keaton and Stanley Kubrick, Dalí used the cinema to bring the 'dream subjects' of his paintings to life, providing the groundwork for revolutionary forays into television, video, photography, and holography |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-354) |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (EBL platform, viewed April 1, 2014) |
| Subject |
Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989.
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| SUBJECT |
Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989 fast |
| Subject |
Surrealism in motion pictures.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Surrealism in motion pictures
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781842433768 |
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1842433768 |
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