Ben Kingsley as Salvador Dalí Is Worth the Price of Admission
Otherwise, though, the ramshackle script can barely elucidate the themes ‘Dalíland’ is trying to explore, and the direction, editing, and cinematography don’t help matters much.
What would the eminent art critic John Berger have made of the scene in the new movie “Dalíland” in which a young Salvador Dalí shows his partner Gala “The Persistence of Memory” after just having finished it? The painting is never seen on screen, yet we know it’s that particular piece because in the previous scene Dalí envisions a wheel of cheese melting and a wavering pocket watch.
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