Salvador Dali on Anteaters and Moustaches | The Dick Cavett Show

[@Whoknowsuknow]

I always think of Dali as a historical figure, it's so weird to see him on a TV show.

[@TheIndependentLens]

Yeah, but he was definitely in the current world of his time. He loved Alice Cooper concerts back then. He even did a complete 360 degree, 3D hologram of Alice.

[@JohnFruscianteFan]

Absolutely same here!

[@Sam-qc6sz]

Yeah exactly, in fact I didn't even know he did interviews or at least talk shows (though the Dick Cavett Show is effectively such high quality that it is an interview) And also because "Dalì" and "Cavett" aren't two names that I associate very much ahah

[@bleee.t]

Whoknowsuknow I agree it was strange finding out that he only passed in 89’ when I constantly learn about him in my art class. Very interesting..

[@HarrietThugman]

I know me too bro, that's crazy.. I really thought this was a personal experience of mine.

[@silverdragon710]

what a weird moment in tv history. the baseball guy looks fairly modern, the host very 70’s, that lady like victorian times and dali, well like dali, almost mythical. the interaction is like the one between those times where generational gap is an understatement, more like what would happen if you could time travel and how would people from different periods react to one another. and dali is the time traveler who brings about all that commotion. very precious footage indeed.

[@PetStuBa]

and then there is an anteater ;-) lol

[@84beatles]

Silver Dragon - Absolutely ! Totally agree.

[@Benjizosi]

in point!

[@ranaminavi8345]

u could have never explained it better.

[@ytcdi]

Yes and no: Dick Cavett is certainly a man of his time: a north american (as it happens to be, but that's not the point) clueless about the personality in front of him. But Dalí plays in another league, he is a universal figure (like Picasso). He represents the human being in a raw form; what a human being can (and probably should) aim to achieve: expressing himself, without the restraints of the current society. He would always feel out of place no matter when or where you would put him. A person who doesn't bend to the conventions of any current time, not letting others interfere with his expression of the self, with a sense of originality, and very rare talent. A person whose life and works trascend space and time: any human being, any time, and any place could (if sensible enough) and maybe should (if brave enough) be able to appreciate it, so its timeless and universal.

[@timjung640]

I like how he immediately tosses the anteater onto the lady's lap.

[@blockaderunner]

he was fvckin crazy I like it

[@daveteves]

That lady was Lilian Gish! The First Lady of American Cinema

[@danielg.s.8811]

and she didi't flinch at all!

[@Patrick96322]

A most Dalinian move !

[@txux77]

He was very rude in my opinion!!!

[@ehfdup9460]

i think the ant eater was the most comfortable thing in the room

[@tmaus_yt]

CAUSE IT'S ANGELIC

[@Omar-yi2mv]

YOU MEAN THE ANT EAT

[@thetravelingpsychoward6299]

Even tough dali was throwing him around like a baseball

[@1justice2012]

Omar Ali Ant eater is correct!

[@williampichardo1485]

Plonk

[@TomRNZ]

This interview was as surreal as one of his paintings.

[@candicegerman9793]

I visited Salvador Dali museum , which was very interesting

[@blockaderunner]

@@candicegerman9793 I have a painting of "Burning Giraffe" in my bedroom. Didn't even know who Salvadore Dahli was, but acquired the idea for purchasing it while reading "Ringworld" by Larry Niven. At the birthday party for the main character, the painting was on the wall, just before the main character was to go with a two-necked hoofed maned alien and a cat-man alien and a 19 yr old "new" human woman, a couple million light years away in a ship called "Long Pass."

[@chvsanchez]

That's the point.

[@gerardosalas9477]

PacificRimNZ it was garbage like his paintings

[@TomRNZ]

@@gerardosalas9477 That's your opinion, and you're entitled to it, but I disagree. He's one of my favourite artists.

[@lionheart6176]

the man was a shitposter ahead of his time

[@kinyamadege__6235]

Hey, thats from that old man channel

[@mightytaiger3000]

Seth Harper that wasn’t funny or accurate the first 400 times other people said it.

[@tedlugano]

He may not have been well understood in this...pitifully, but I thought he made quite a bit of sense- I interpreted the way he perceives the world to be vastly different; It appeared as if he perceived his surroundings as totemic symbols relative to fundamental truths and archetypes.

[@nensikalahan]

Exept that he's a genius

[@krowaswieta7944]

@@tedlugano I mean what kind of a sense? If he perceived surroundings as 'totemic symbols' it only says that would be even harder to understand him if you dont know what are representations of these symbols and what fundamental truths did he recognize. Your statement seems to be even more foggy than the babble Dali presented in this interview.

[@YourLocalCatboy]

An early-1900s actress, a ground breaking baseball player, Salvador Dali, and an anteater walk into a bar...

[@dickon728]

The Barman says "I'm not serving that here!" Then says to the anteater, "What'll you have, Buddy?"

[@dickon728]

Thank god somebody has a sense of humour.

[@benlange7124]

Dick Cavett's wife: I've never heard that joke Dick Cavett: it's not a joke, I'm telling you about my day

[@melissasalasblair5273]

Yes lol ❤‍🔥😆

[@cherylmeyer9857]

Hahaha

[@t.z2359]

I feel like I’m watching the Eric Andrea show, but in reverse.

[@marcogaray-chavez6512]

this couldn’t have been said any better lol

[@josephchristoffel]

Pink Alien wow, it must be very edgy to say Andre is not edgy at all

[@josephchristoffel]

Pink Alien so tell me the reason you said that

[@cesarmadero05]

@Pink Alien how can you say something controversial yet so brave?

[@obamastrollaccount4359]

Andre takes a lot from the bizarre spirit of surrealism and Dadaism: he may not be “edgy” as you say, but he sure is fucking entertaining and unlike most acts around today. He’s not entirely unoriginal, sort of originally unoriginal and irreverently reverent.

[@darioh9661]

he speaks like my greek uncle doing a Shakespeare impression

[@antonisatwork]

Yiasou Tzsaiktzpirios

[@ginafriend1690]

😄

[@willkirkoff1333]

😂😂😂

[@PAidAkiPou8lSkotwma]

χαχαχαχα αυτό σκέφτηκα κι εγώ!

[@willkirkoff1333]

@@PAidAkiPou8lSkotwma και εγο χαχαχα

[@MacIntoshMann]

i never thought the day would come when i could say with full sincerity, “i’ve seen salvador dali throw an anteater at lillian gish”, but there you go.

[@mckinleymorton]

Yeah, the whole schtick seemed really pretentious to me. But, who am i?

[@deanrane1961]

Hahaa! Ikr, I kept replaying that part.

[@mckinleymorton]

@TheJimmy yeah, I was very dissapointed by Dali as a human being. That is the first time that I ever saw him interviewed. Maybe this was an off day, but it seems like this cultivated absurdity had no limits. Also, he had a pet ocelot. I can only imagine how neglected it was.

[@QuimBeeLivingstone]

@TheJimmy yes, right after she said that and the camera zoomed in, you could see the poor anteater almost shivering from fright. The lady kept extremely calm about having the animal thrown at her. She barely flinched. I would have been so startled, jumped and swore lol

[@oOoteethoOo]

omg can y’all shut TF up about judging this man over ONE interview. Y’all seem pathetic to me instead imo

[@liamarunbennett8282]

"the tongue represents exactly the moleclar structure of deoxyribonucleic acid" 2:05

[@nickd1993]

THANK YOU!!! I had no idea what he said there so I came to find this comment

[@TheEeshan]

Also he's saying the rhinoceros's horn resembles a logarithmic spiral

[@marius9372]

Yeah, his accent is hugely influenced by French and Spanish, luckily Italian pronounciation is quite similar to the Spanish one, so I could get quite easily what he was saying. It amazes me that Dali knew about the golden spiral in rhyno's horn, and I simply didn't know about the tongue of the anteater representing DNA. That man is just ahead of his time

[@devi3350]

almost everything in nature is a logarithmic spiral,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,not just the rhino horn,,,,,,,,,,,,,,even the moostache if you look closely,,,,,,,,,,

[@juliaeyrie9750]

Well either this or Catalan, which by the looks of it you are not educated about

[@LucasNauan]

Almost all of the biggest personalities of the 20th century went on The Dick Cavett Show.

[@RadioMarycha]

Lucas Nauan - Almost is correct, for I never appeared on that show...

[@silverdragon710]

To me, to this day, he is the best host ever and had had the best talk show ever.

[@RadioMarycha]

Silver Dragon - Nope, Johny Carson was and still is the unchallenged Talk Show King of the Universe!

[@silverdragon710]

Juan Perez WHAT did he do that is of great importance other than make himself rich and appear in a cameo role in several movies?

[@silverdragon710]

RadioMarycha Not to me. Too much like letterman, cavett had genuine conversations with people of which footage today is invaluable

[@miquels3146]

whenever Dali makes a sudden movement you can see the fear in Gavett's eyes

[@bilebily294]

Lol

[@Merseyrock]

True. It's Cavett btw.

[@smokelife6315]

LMAO

[@baptistewxpolpodcast3339]

Next time someone criticizes my accent, I'll just cite Dali and say that I'm trying to inject reality in this otherwise foggy and imprecise language ... hahahaha

[@LaGuerre19]

and this is titled, "Study in how 3 strangers react when I throw an anteater at a lady in a hat on national television"

[@nottavictim5]

That “black guy” just happens to be Satchell Paige, arguably the greatest pitcher in baseball history

[@andreabarberini4485]

That's why Mr Cavett at 7:10 asks to Dalì "Do you like baseball?"

[@kelvinlewis4065]

Good call !

[@alondathomas293]

@@kelvinlewis4065: Oh, that's who that is--cool!

[@TheIndependentLens]

He doesn't seem to be too thrilled with the anteater.

[@ShredCo]

Cy Young

[@Barsay]

Dalì: talks about the logaritmic structure of the rhynoceros horn evervryone in the room: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@markkindermannart4028]

I caught that too

[@davidpiersimoni9844]

Of course, he’s referring to Fibonacci sequence but realizes it will be lost on most.

[@Omnywrench]

This is the first time I've ever heard Salvador Dali's voice, and I have to say- he sounds EXACTLY how he looks

[@thejoeisawesome]

Dali comparing the anteater's tongue to a DNA double helix was pretty dope - some high guy 2020

[@MrShanester117]

thejoeisawesome I didn’t hear any of that. I caught that the rhinos horn was mathematically perfect. But that’s it

[@thejoeisawesome]

@@MrShanester117 @2:07- 2:20ish

[@MrShanester117]

thejoeisawesome I’m just surprised you could understand him

[@thejoeisawesome]

@@MrShanester117 I'm sure the herb helps 😉

[@TheBlashMusic]

Weed lmao

[@powderpuffarpeggio3968]

BOOT-ER-FLYEEEEEEEE

[@romans8024]

Look who's also an artist!

[@chvsanchez]

He is comparing the misty English vowels with the strong Spanish ones.

[@diamond_gypsy7452]

Watch yourself... *that guy w a s scared*

[@llavesantioquia]

Reebonucleikkk Aseeet!

[@swapnilsingh3379]

Cavett didn't saw that coming 😂😂

[@ahambrahmasmi108]

Dali was painfully self aware and a complete introvert. His outward "strangeness" is his defense mechanism. The creation of the public Dali allows him to communicate on his terms, and provides a vehicle for his surrealist tendencies to manifest as a person. The genius of his painting and art speak for itself. The rest is a wonderful expression of an artist mocking the inability of the everyday person to grasp the unfathomable focus and spontaneity required to create at such a high level.

[@column.a]

No. It is very well known among those with even the most negligible interest in the arts, especially in Spain, that Dali was nothing but pure show, orchestrated as he himself points out in this interview by none other than his own wife, Gala. She did the same with a now unknown poet which she was married to prior to Dali, so one should have expected that turn of events when they started seeing each other. This can be seen in Dali's trajectory, how he acted when the cameras weren't rolling, and how he even had some predetermined performances to roll out for journalists that wanted to interview him, visitors, etc. The creation of the public Dali is nothing but a massive PR movement to create a mythology around an otherwise pretty mediocre artist. This of course ended up in Dali flip-flopping ideologically, dependent on what state was to sponsor him at the time. You can also see the disdain for his own works, as near to the death of his life, he signed massive amounts of papers, canvases and such in order for his studio to keep manufacturing artistic commodities even after his death, which nowadays makes the identification of newly discovered Dali works almost impossible. It's about time we start meeting our supposed idols, I think.

[@TheAngryArab]

@@column.a Dali, mediocre? His works are widely admired.

[@column.a]

@@TheAngryArab The amount of people you've managed to convince through your PR campaign doesn't determine the actual quality of your work.

[@bazkervillerouge750]

@@TheAngryArab By npc's like you.

[@bazkervillerouge750]

@@column.a Yeah. He was pretty much a poser.

[@papalaz4444244]

Dali is a proper, old school mentalist and I respect that utterly. I also love how he makes the others unsettled immediately. That's an art :)

[@KingCrimson82]

absolutely love the beginning.. but you have to notiuce a .ladies first, then the host, and then the guest and then the audience, the animal is tossed around in the same time leaving it to the woman organically leaving the handle to her control.

[@MisterGuitarItalia]

This is like watching three shows at the same time...

[@larsybarz]

2:08 “the tongue is exactly representative of the molecular structure of deoxyribose nucleic acid”

[@bepper9474]

Most people troll his english accent, but he had an amazing english vocabulary

[@Spectrumpicture]

In college i took an Art History course and was told that Dali's parents thought he was a God, and he had no rules to live by.

[@Bootrosgali]

And what would that suggest then , go on finish your thought

[@Chinaski1]

Nah, he had a really difficult relationship to his father.

[@Spectrumpicture]

@@Bootrosgali i believe that plays into his eccentricities. Imagine what you would be doing today if you were never told "no."

[@robbanks5023]

I love Dali's paintings, but he is an idiot according to this interview.

[@susiefairfield7218]

He had an older brother named Salvador Dali, who died before he was born, and his parents referred to him as his dead Brother. Definitely a strange family

[@ARIZJOE]

Genius. Had been to the Dali museum many times in Cleveland. Made me think about art. Met a neighbor of Dali's in Spain, a member of the U.K. House of Lords. Dali was Dali in private also. Cavett was going for some laughs here. Maybe a little too much. However, we should thank Dick for producing this show with Dali as guest. It is a historical record.

[@Mister8Music]

I've been an artist for almost 15 years, and a huge fan of him. I've never seen this until today. I honestly believe that the vast majority of his in-person Vibe was merely theatrics. He knew how to work someone who was paying him attention, with or without a paintbrush

[@bennyhillschineseblokechar3689]

|}∆|_í's eccentric public pers⭕na was as much an ev⚪lved w⭕rk of ∆rt as his paintings and b⚪⚪ks.

[@LannieLord]

I saw an exhibit of his in NYC about 15 years ago. It was the only time that seeing artwork made me cry (because it was so over whelming and beautiful).

[@Mister8Music]

@@LannieLord I'm jealous!

[@stjjames]

‘English, is foggy & imprecise’

[@ebrelus7687]

Quality of any langauge can be easily measured by level of beaurocratisation and prostitutisation in the country. In this comparison English is still much better off but getting closer. Famfarafamfamfamsasasasam. Most of english vacabulary considered the prettiest comes from french Bretonian. Most of pretty french comes from french theaters fakery and brothels - but you could consider both these categories really close to each other and reduce it to simply brothels.

[@Manudyne]

He's right. English is a dumb language.

[@pieroduharterondon7377]

His whole public life was an art happening. Unrepeatable genius.

[@himanshusharma1531]

The Surrealist Genius Himself 🙌

[@carbon1479]

First time I've seen him interviewed. Very intense human.

[@lilwater7358]

Dick Cavett doesnt even understand how far away he is from dalis mind.

[@gonzofernandez]

Sometimes dali was bombastic for the sake of being bombastic

[@dimebag6996]

@@gonzofernandez such a tryhard lol

True, and why people from the U.S. can't talk in another language, only their Native?! Why they do not learn another language?! Like Spanish... to talk better with Dali! Such a provincial people!... And pretending to be the center of the world only because they stole other people with war.

[@barflytom3273]

@ your English is not bad by the way.

[@lexchantel]

They definitely should’ve had a translator for Dali here

[@unclestarwarssatchmo9848]

I don't know if this surreal man could be translated...

[@vrilmaxxed]

Bin one can translate him no way, because he had a glimpse of the unspeakable and indescribable that why he’s „crazy“

[@oitnotnA]

Definitely not

[@ProlificThreadworm]

Speaking what language?

[@user-74652]

As if that would have helped.

[@-Princesse-]

@5:33 Cavett: "Has anyone ever been injured by your mustache in any way?" Dali: "Most everybody in modern times." 🤣🤣

[@EstraNiato]

Yep he buried him right there and Cavett never really got out :)

[@TheVanillatech]

I met Dali once and I was actually painting at the time (yeah I know ... I was devastated when he walked in). He told me I'd got the green on the slate tiles on the roof of the church perfect. I told him it'd taken me almost an hour to get the right mix of green, yellow and blue. He seemed impressed.

[@sarahpatnode3748]

That's so awesome

[@Manudyne]

Where were you?

[@MrTotalluck]

2:44 When Dalí starts talking about the horn of the rinhoceros he's referring to the way It complies with the laws of the golden ratio or the divine proportion. A master of his craft Who Saw Life through the eyes of the artist. Its also surprising how art was so clóse to regular people through a popular TV show.

[@oliverholmes-gunning5372]

6:59 that is the face of an interviewer who has seriously reached the end of his rope hahaha

[@oliverholmes-gunning5372]

@Andrec S Can you imagine the poor translator though? Dali spoke in the same way when he was speaking Spanish, Catalan or French. I get the feeling that if they'd gone through a third party everyone would've been even more confused😂

[@avishkamariosenewiratne8031]

Wow Cavette got some great people in his show back in the day

[@heardofjohn6854]

I actually ran into Dali on a winter day in 1966, while on my lunch hour. I recognized him from a distance from his moustache, and as we passed each other, he handed me a card advertising his latest exhibit. My touch with greatness.

[@kokkinikautichilipipperia9242]

holy SHIT his sense of humor and creativity is driving me crazy

[@liamarunbennett8282]

"the logarithmic spiral shape of the rhinocerous horn" 2:52

[@O0Salmon0O]

"Surrealism" is as much imagery in 2D as it can be in behavior. It is a concept represented in many forms. If you comprehend the concept you will recognize how deliberate and calculated Dali's behavior is. He is expressing surrealism in a performance. He staged many events. He understood the concept so well he could depict it during his public appearances.

[@ottocarson]

Dalí is maybe the most intelligent person I’ve watched on tv. It’s easy laughing at him when he speaks in English. I saw recently an interview in Spanish and the coherence and clarity how he talked surprised me much.

[@ahambrahmasmi108]

Yes, a genius of the highest caliber.

[@sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017]

Fellow certainly knew his onions.

[@timbermicka]

He spoke French perfectly as well

[@rebeccagutierrez1960]

He spoke 4 languages.

[@rebeccagutierrez1960]

​@timbermicka Almost every one in the region he was born spoke English and he practically lived walking distance from France. I recently visited that region.

[@normanmacfarlane2867]

My God , is there no one that Dick Cavett has not interviewed ? Brando , Dali , Mohammed Ali , Norman Mailer , George Harrison , John and Yoko . . . Just incredible. On and on , backstage at Stones concerts , everywhere, everyone , just astounding.

[@MASK69]

Im from Catalonia and I'm so proud of Salvador Dalí.

[@kelf114]

I loved Dali since I was a wee tiny lass. I cried and cried when he died. A Master of the Surreal. He could take any mundane object you thought you knew, and make you see it completely differently. I'm glad to have been in the same lifetime as him. Thank you for posting this video.

[@bennyhillschineseblokechar3689]

He brought much fascination to our planet.

[@opinionday0079]

He never did an interview where he genuinely is "normal" and gives some understandable insight into his creative process .....I think he was genuinely "mad" and always unfathomable but I guess that gave him the edge when it came to Art.... He was a sublime artist, I visited his hometown and museum once and I could have spent a week in the museum looking at all the different and wonderful things he created, it was spell binding.

[@cardguy2000]

He was the biggest Troll of his time.

[@johnnytocino9313]

"The only difference between me and a mad man is that i am not mad." -Dali

[@griffit5a]

the stones on the beach and the ants. what does it tell us???

[@ripme6616]

@@griffit5a it doesn't tell anything it just is

[@aleixvallejo7976]

Not to say he wasn't a monumental weirdo and wonderfully imaginative, but this whole public persona was, well, an act. I remember once I heard a radio interview he'd done about the 70s, in Catalan, and he sounded "normal", regular voice, not even talking all that crazy. People who knew him well say he was a different man when standing in front of a camera. Still, in this "interview" with Cavett he's cranking the madness up to eleven. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pn7Fn5aZZc1rmM0 Here he's still eccentric and all, but conversational and reasonable. And he has terrific insights too.

[@jennic.548]

Dali, and an anteater... wonderful.. I wonder what kind of show it would have been if he had brought a rhinoceros as well.

[@spectralv709]

J. C. The rhino probably would’ve charged and killed Lilian Gish

[@mmartista3803]

@@spectralv709😂

[@goldstar9174]

"The most violent phenomenon in one's face... This artful capilar explosion of personality" YEAH!!!

[@yourdudekarl]

Dali has an animated personality and definitely a great artist. One of a kind!

[@billmcdonald4045]

Salvador's art now makes perfect sense

[@adamfirst3772]

lol... exactly..... crazy is as crazy does!!

[@Czechbound]

Poor Cavett looks terrified ha ha

[@fulanichild3138]

I think he and Lillian Gish were appalled by the treatment of the anteater.

[@jadenhernandez5109]

Fulani Child no, they weren't

[@fulanichild3138]

@@jadenhernandez5109 Liilian Gish said, "The poor thing is terrified." She was not amused and neither was Cavett.

[@jadenhernandez5109]

Fulani Child well dali is dali, not a zookeeper

[@rsuriyop]

Cavett clearly did not know what he'd be dealing with prior to inviting Dali on to the show. However, he would've been a _perfect_ guest on the Howard Stern Show.

[@boaventurarindoatoa]

Dali é excentrico, incentrico e concêntrico. Dali é gênio. Obrigado por disponibilizarem o vídeo.

[@yorganyog]

2 A.M. Im laughing like crazy. Love this man. I really don't what to say. There are no words. Amazing.

[@curtbrooks7495]

The black guy is thinking I wish I was scheduled for tomorrow

[@capoislamort100]

Curt Brooks what black guy?

[@moussetache1815]

Looks like his name is Mr Page or something like this.

[@Czechbound]

Also "The other guy is thinking I wish I was scheduled for tomorrow"

[@999666703]

Looks like you triggered some SJWs in the comment section.

[@alondathomas293]

Brooks: He was probably thinking, "Yep, I just had to come here on Crazy White People day," lol.

[@Jbkoyi]

The fact that he threw the ant eater in an unconventional manner deserves a meme😆😆😆

[@AdamFerrari64]

I always thought Dali lived back in the 1800s with Van Gogh. So weird to see him on tv

[@nensi1972]

o,o,o...you missed some art history lessons :-) :-)

[@Hiarren]

To be fair, he probably thought that, too.

[@rybb6420]

Watch him taking over the whole energy of the room when walking in... impressive

[@itssanti]

Translation 6:50: "The only intellingent animals are Rhinoceros and Anteaters, dogs and cats are the most vulgar and catastrophic animals that exist"

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

👍🏻

[@louduva9849]

I really hate how rough he is with that poor animal. Damn.

[@brainflash1]

Well it's one of those body leashes so at least he's not pulling it around by its neck.

[@AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA4AAAAAAAAAAAAA]

lol

[@peeeepthis]

@@brainflash1 did you not see him throw it? The leash is irrelevant. He says he got it from the zoo, the zookeepers were probably the ones who chose it

[@WaterShowsProd]

Lillian Gish seemed to feel the same way. She says rather disapprovingly that it seems terrified.

[@mugzy2496]

Sometimes the proper handling of an animal can seem rough from the perspective of an outsider. I'm sure he knew what he was doing.

[@thomasjackson2223]

Talking to Dali is like tripping on LSD 😂

[@PoletBally]

Not weird enough. Should've brought a pangolin.

[@fairweatherfriends.]

With the rona

[@fairweatherfriends.]

dino macioci you’ve lost people to the virus? I guess your name is Italian after all. Sorry man. It’s just so different than here cause I don’t even know anyone who’s had the virus. Such a strange illness.

[@ChupeTTe]

@@endzm05 Dali is responsible for COVID 19

[@petergedd9330]

The way he viewed everything was startling, no such thing as an ordinary object. I like the way he is not even phased by sarcastic remarks showing that he in fact was very humble in spite of his obvious extreme eccentricity.

[@dr.brianjudedelimaphd743]

He’s not “unusual” or a circus clown, he is an artistic genius

[@QyounesSS]

a surrealist man who reflects his work by his attitude !!! Impressive !

[@RussMcClay]

It's unfortunate that Cavett didn't read more of Dali's books (written years before this interview); because then he would've understood what Dali was telling with regard to his fascination with rhinocero horns, Romanesco broccoli (cauliflower), and sunflowers: they all share their forms to one of the most beautiful mathematical formulas in nature: the logrithmic curve as exemplified by Phi, the golden ratio.

[@brendaluna173]

I think very few people are allowed to be this crazy without being seen as an actual mad, is like you get it, you can't paint like Dali and not be like that.

[@adamfirst3772]

now that ive seen Dali.. i understand his paintings better... ...and believe ALL Lunatics should be allowed to paint... maybe we'll get more crazy genres.. probably some will be even funnier than Dali's surrealism and Picasso's cubism..

[@alfredodistefanolaulhe2212]

@@adamfirst3772 People think he was mad because he didn't know him in personal terms only his public image, but you do't get to that fame if you're actually mad.

[@adamfirst3772]

Alfredo Di Stéfano Laulhé rich, famous, popular, powerful..... cant get mental disorders?? really? didnt know that!! as for Dali's Public vs. Personal image... kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4Cskn6XZcuZnrM

[@DAMAGE795]

He is incredibly coherent in Spanish interviews. They should of had a translater for him. Super intelligent

[@cor0n4]

Art is imperfection; his English is understandable, he sounds fluent, his vocabulary is enriched, it’s all about his accent… he preserved his identity on purpose, since he was a very unruled human being. American television (Hollywood) has always been tough on foreign language speakers to reduce their accents and making it American Standard Accent. Dali gave them a lesson in the 1970s. And He spoke more than 4 languages.

[@Interspirituality]

Should of? I trust you are incredibly coherent in your native language, too ..

[@romans8024]

I wonder why Adrien Brody kept saying «rhinoceros» in much eccentric manner as such, in that Woody Allen "Midnight in Paris". I hope he's not just copied he's childhood memories of this episode )

[@zahraanatiq3111]

same thought

[@idioume1]

It was a regerence... and the script was written by Woody Allen. It's a typical thing to have a reference in writing... allusions...

[@petiewheat82]

He said the mustache is the tragic element of the human face, but to him, the mustache represents the hands of a clock ticking, so he is saying something about the nature of mortality and the human condition being inherently tragic, in an absurd way. I wish he were a bit more fluent in English to hear more of his musings.

[@clownpocket]

He’s written books.

[@fulanichild3138]

I hope the Bronx Zoo learned its lesson about lending out animals for publicity stunts.

[@halkingb]

I love how Dalí refers to himself in the 3rd person!

[@tommycoopersmagiccarpetwea817]

I wish this interview had continued forever.

[@OpEditorial]

The melting clock guy with the wacky moustache you learned about in Art History class was at one point was just a local eccentric

[@willminkorea2010]

With actress Lillian Gish and baseball's Satchel Paige

[@boothammer5756]

Satchel Paige!!!

[@luissegovia8205]

Lilian gish.. Is pure history!!!.. For all. Cinema lovers

[@UpTheAnte1987]

Something about a rhinoceros I think

[@Bboreal88]

People treated him like a comedian. He was always dead serious about his arguments.

[@ReverseLBlock]

I love how he only calls it an "eat ants"

[@AnaisGiulia]

Dali is a gentleman a genius and a talented artist, a great personality and human being.

[@diegomoreno5927]

I want to see Johnny Depp playing Dali in some film!

[@lorenzsanjuan]

Robert Pattinson played him back in 2010

[@barflytom3273]

Diego Moreno. ı don't want to see Johnny Depp playing anything frankly. ı had enough of him.

[@mybugmybug]

long time Dali fan...I always loved this interview. Rarely did you see Dick Cavett 'thrown out of sorts' and into a state where he was somewhat disoriented, off-kilter and he didnt know how to deal with Dali. Incredibly heavy accent, manic statements, an anteater, one-sided conversation driven by a genius artist. One side of the stage completely out of control & surreal balanced only by an incredibly composed wonderful baseball player and early 1900's movie star. The entire scene was a living Dali work of art.

[@isaac2560]

“BOOTTË3ĘRR-FLAH-YAÆEYYYY” 😌🦋

[@3SIDEGOOF]

8:14 “oh thats nice” sounded so much like a “bless his heart” 🤣

[@alistair_maldacena]

This is the greatest thing that has ever happened.

[@buckleysdead]

This is my first time seeing Dali on film/video and it’s given me full appreciation for Adrien Brody’s portrayal in Midnight in Paris 🤣😃😃. 🦏 🦏🦏🦏🦏

[@hummingpylon]

Wow I never been so entranced by a character, can't believe he's not acting.

[@BG-ph8hp]

The fine line between “cuckoo” and “art”.

[@GuilainMusic]

when you mix genius ideas with hilarious non sense ahah. I think Dick Cavett does a great job trying to follow Dali and not let everything fall into chaos at the same time.

[@infinitelotus-navelled1029]

"I don't do drugs, I'm drugs"! PROVED!!! 💯

[@dominguezander8523]

Dalí is was not only a surrealist painter, he was the personifaction of surrealism. Very funny!!!!😀😀😀

[@casacapuselor9248]

When he said about his wife that she's his BEATRICE,who knows what's up ? I believe he's referring to Dante Alighieri's Beatrice from the Divina Commedia( the divine comedy....or dante's inferno does ring any bell ?)

[@lubbertdas3797]

He means exactly what you understood.

[@Manudyne]

Yep. I wonder who was his Vergil then.

[@ChupeTTe]

@@Manudyne Maybe the anteater

[@mr_elyte]

I'm Catalan (so I speak Catalan and Spanish), and I we understand french if is speaked slowly, I could understand everything Salvador was saying xD just glorious.

[@Jeraaz]

What did he say about the tongue of the anteater

[@Overton_Windows]

Man, I’m glad they’ve been posting these. I’ve really been enjoying seeing various artists I’ve loved throughout my life that are no longer with us. I went through his hometown on the train in Spain. Got to see a few of his pieces. Those were in Italy and France though. *he’s not easy to follow. You have to pay enormous attention.

[@tharunjayaprasad1739]

So basically Brody just watched this interview for preparing for midnight in Paris 😂

[@istudiyantipriatmi]

I admire Dali all the times!. Thank you for this video. He is such a genius people and humorist... xoxo.

[@crunkalac]

The way he just throws it face first on the floor

[@imperor76]

A panel of legends in all their fields. Fascinating.

[@Brian-dq2jc]

Adrien Brody probably saw this in preparation for playing him in "Midnight in Paris"

[@boboyamyams]

rhinoceros horns shape is exactly the shape of a logarthmic asymptote - Salvador Dali

[@sabcam2000]

But... But logarithm isn't asymptotic... It slowly tends to plus infinity