Unveiling the Enigma: Salvador Dali's Surrealist Legacy |Perspective

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Filmmaker Jack Bond Jack travels to Stockholm, Sweden where the Moderna Museet is holding an exhibition of Dali’s work and revisits his 1965 film, Dali in New York. Jack explores the enigmatic character of Dali and the surreal nature of his own films. As part of his investigation, Jack discusses Dali and his work with museum curators and art historians. He reminisces about his friendship with Salvador Dali and the making of his film. Through the journey, Jack discovers the influence Dali had on his own filmmaking and learns more about the personality and politics of the great surrealist.
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[@bajoobiecuzican]

This helped me to better understand Dali’s eccentricities. Thank you 💕

[@mikeluke7417]

He is still one of the great enigmas of modern times. Infuriating, unthinking,funny and beyond doubt a absolutely incredible painter and designer of the bizarre fashion. He always has fascinated me.❤

[@Artby_Katina]

You captured the, 'chaotic essence' of Dali visually in the direction of this video.

[@Billart]

Filled in facets I wasn’t previously aware of that are ever more crucial these days into grasping the enormity what we have been missing in the dumbed down NYC art world ever since. So this is all quite useful how he could always take things further into the stratosphere & beyond with extreme Wit & talent coupled to extraordinary intelligence.

[@x.x..x.x]

You sir, strike me as someone who enjoys hearing yourself speak.

[@danielartist123]

Wonderful Segment!.

[@jonathanbeck8724]

There are some good, insightful documentaries about Dali but this is not one of them. The director basically uses Dali to plug bits of videos he directed for bands in the 1980s - WTF?

[@kevinabate6056]

@19:13 Might as well have been the whole documentary.

[@alexspareone3872]

In my opinion Bond is far too full of himself...its less about Dali than himself pompously prating. And why the music from the Ipcress File...its not a spy movie is it? The doc itself is full of TV cliches like the fake arrivals...in which sense it is about as far from Dalis spirit as possible.

[@dedskin1]

Indeed , making a lemonade from the lemon . A 20-40 year old lemon that is , its a bad lemonade . But you know , when making a documentary about something as fresh as Dali , its very hard . Compare it with todays talking head documentary's and videos, its still better then that , but worse then things before it

[@cameronkrause4712]

@@dedskin1 the lemonade is good, but if you want to piss in it then go ahead and drink deeply!

[@cameronkrause4712]

if that's what you got from this then you should just give up.

[@drobbi]

Or, as we say in English, eccentric.

[@SJawaher]

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR DALIIII

[@sonalisarbadhikary2260]

Bunuel and now Dali.. this channel is producing damn good peice of art

[@PerspectiveArts]

Loving surrealism! :)

[@geraldhannibal7654]

Two biggo egos? Glad I watched though. It prompted me to begin my first and last book 'Who am I?' (But not an autobiography!) Thanks for posting and blessings to you and yours. G

[@huangkah2581]

That is the first time I've heard Gala's voice!

[@jamesalexandrou7057]

would you please tell me where exactly that is in the video?

[@huangkah2581]

@@jamesalexandrou7057 26:18

[@TrytheGreenOne]

it seems to be more about the narrator than Dali

[@justanoldsnufkin9747]

Yeah. This document was strange

[@tangie_delusions6771]

I agree :/

[@CarmenBelcher]

That diamond necklace oh my! I was wondering how the jewelery he made with coco chanel looked.

[@Heronjim]

Dali gave me a gift that I loved so much I put it in the attic and eventually threw it away altogether- Harpo Marx

[@TheJojoaruba52]

Eccentric artists making films about themselves…egos or art? Dali was a crazy genius, not sure about the sycophantic people riding his coat tails.

[@jon780249]

A film in which you learn precious little about Dali but a great deal about sycophancy.

[@Kujien]

24:50 what the hell

[@bluntboybenny]

Insightful, but so many unanswered questions. Why are we in sweden, and why do french people claim to share his level of intellect?

[@raycochrane3971]

The movie of a director bathing in the fading light of his association with an artist. The affectations of the film's premise and editing are weak attempts at being as controversial, provocative and well drafted as the artist's work often were. All the while papering over any accusations of the film maker's amorality, or worse, by occasionally referring to the Dali's failures as a human being but not exploring them beyond the a vague conversational sophistry. Amazing artist but an Ayn Rand of a human being.

[@alexspareone3872]

You need to bypass the man and look at his paintings in the flesh. Compare them to any Renaissance artist. His technique was as good.

[@raycochrane3971]

@@alexspareone3872 I was commenting on the doco presenter. I've seen SD's work "in the flesh". I know how innovative, powerful and well drafted they are.

[@alexspareone3872]

@@raycochrane3971 Sorry, my misunderstanding.

[@oldgit4260]

He was a bit of a tosser in other words

[@hojoinhisarcher]

I've heard that.

[@HenryCasillas]

💜

[@Thesecondcomingpodcast]

What’s funny to me is the fact that there is no enigmatic genius artists anymore because it is impossible to become popular at anything without money. The Internet has killed art

[@JohnVKaravitis]

Send 2,000 priests on bicycles to ride over his grave! And film it! Then throw the film into the Pacific Ocean, and walk away, having forgotten EVERYTHING.

[@andersliljevall2946]

Oh, how I miss my Volvo !

[@cesarfernandezlopez5063]

WHAT IS REALLY MELTING AWAY IS SWEDEN TIME , FADING AWAY ON THAT SURREALIST MULTICULTURAL POT...

[@winfriedbauer2280]

[@monocerotis6917]

I've seen Dali's paintings, the ones in the Paris museum, the absolutely unimaginably well painted, partly, contrasts, light, color combinations, but the absolute unique ones aren't there a single brush stroke in his paintings?

[@BLMacab]

the more brush strokes the more passion-dali also dali: smooth is the best surface

[@rodkirkbride2230]

Because he didn't paint them. His fisherman friend did. Salute Dali. The only man to defraud the art world and himself at the same time.

[@StephiSensei26]

Very Cool! Absurdly Cool! Cooly Cool! That moment will never return, and yet, it is with us always. Cool!

[@MR-Ridley]

😃😍😍😍🥰😘

[@rozieramati]

7:24

[@2GuErillaMusic]

Kinda sterilized it by taking out the eye slice... Dontcha think?

[@classicartfoundation639]

They did show it a bit later

[@stewartmac9568]

Perspective: Thanks:Also to Gerald Hannibal.Likewise didn’t know I’d been raised “stalking horse”within the Captains world of military intelligence fringes of usefulness.Not till I was 50 odd years old!?An all the Senior men I encountered working near or within the Arts for over 30 years.Or seafaring or travelling.All is learning not always safe and surviving a right of passage? Thanks 💻 Mac.🏳️‍🌈

[@annonymost9318]

shaman, showman....real life dreamer....and this painter......

[@branthomas1621]

He wasn't a shaman.

[@raineterno8370]

Nice art documentary, but a pity & shame KZbin has to monetize the $hit out of it. Fuck'n commercials are annoying & $hitty distraction in trying to enjoy the content. But, I guess it's so fitting since Dali was such a Capitalist at melted heart. 😕💰🎨

[@ezradickey505]

He was a Monarchist with a love of money

[@DelightLovesMovies]

Dali is the world's last great painter.

[@oldgit4260]

We'll never see the like of Dali again, everything is so controlled and pc now its pathetic

[@behzadasgharpour661]

........i don't do drugs.,i am drugs.......rip master.........rip

[@brandonmika74]

Where’s waldamar?

[@stacywestly64]

12 ads? Too many ads!

[@ProjectDystopia]

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[@jaymeanderson5121]

Really? Just.....really. smh

[@sonalisarbadhikary2260]

Oh dear if they want to keep alive this channel they have to . Because we guys are not supporting them enough. This video deserves millions of views . But people are more interested in spicy twitter shits !!!!

[@justanoldsnufkin9747]

@@sonalisarbadhikary2260 i agree but this document isn't even good enough. It's less about Dali and more about all the other things not really related to him

[@NathanTimms-mf5gz]

He is a genius and after he has shown already what a brilliant artist he is he can talk in riddles be the joker and only art can portray the dream world which aithough he really is closer to Jung he can lead people down the freudian interpretation of morpheus never ending path and confuse and lose public there! Plus let's face it he is a genius comedian and despite his dictatorial fascist type personality persona he does not take himself and art world too seriously

[@KeyDyer]

Dali WAS surreal

[@positrondesign6514]

I do not like Dali's art because it makes me feel uncomfortable. I am not saying that I do not appreciate it. Because he creates such powerful negative emotions in me shows his genius.

[@x.x..x.x]

I love Dali's art and enjoy its eccentric beauty, but i dislike Dali, as his personality is ugly.

[@petermaxwell2965]

I saw persistence of memory 50 years ago, and its memory still persists. PS. please don't exume his tired old corpse again 💀⚰️🦗🗝️🦂🍞🎨🖌️

[@predragjovanovic8464]

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[@jonathanstevenelliottejeda2834]

he was a franco sympathizer

[@rosannavitale9922]

It is fascinating that Gala, his muse, his wife, and his model is never mentioned. Hmmmm...

[@willmercury]

Oh, no! We didn't center the wxmxn!

[@legionpigsmack1153]

Dali's greatest accomplishment is to make me look like a jerk...for tempting me to be a judgemental bourgeois. Clever scoundrel.

[@justanoldsnufkin9747]

Sometimes it's better to be poor than be an ego-centred scoundrel who's full of himself

[@andrewsanchez9540]

Great film but an ad every 3 minutes makes it unbearable to watch

[@FrankJPSegura]

Use a blocker to avoid this problem.

[@musicartgeek]

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[@gotasification]

Listening to french speaking English.. surrealism

[@Poemsapennyeach]

Without Gala, Dali could not survive. She was his deep love and security. SHE also, was the business woman behind them as a team. Typical male airbrushing...she gets no credit for her part in this Dali story...No excuse for this. I learned nothing new from this brief docu. at all...and abhor its sycophantic bowing and scrapings... and omissions.

[@milenakorovljev4209]

One can not make up one's mind, who is more pretentious: absolutely deranged Dali, or those intellectual ship-wrecks praising him ? Come to think of it, they both deserve each other. There is nothing that one single day of a hard honest work, could not cure this deliberate madness.

[@artgallery7376]

Why nobody shows me as a big artist genius from GOD???

[@bzxshor67mpts]

I don,t mind some of his paintings .His self-centred ego is a big problem. Being good at what you do and being humble are much better attributes.The more I see of him the more I dislike him.He is not a genius by any standards

[@justanoldsnufkin9747]

I'm beginning to see more clearly too. Maybe his art was great but he was a terrible person

[@cameronkrause4712]

you certainly are not a genius- you're a fool at best!

[@richardstevens3478]

Too eccentric No connection for a normal person. I tried to like him but was unsuccessful.

[@justanoldsnufkin9747]

Same. He's a very twisted person. I felt disgusted when he called people his slaves and behaved like he didn't want to have anything in common with most of the people

[@mikeluke7417]

What is a " normal" person🤔I am positive that we are all eccentric in one way or another. But if you consider yourself normal, then you are not😂, enjoy your life it is the only one you have🎉

[@mikeluke7417]

​@@justanoldsnufkin9747 you fail to understand the word irony😂Dali was more insecure than any of us mere mortals.❤❤

[@justanoldsnufkin9747]

@@mikeluke7417 did i mention irony?

[@luismanuel2612]

No reference to Dali's very controversial political stance...

[@mr.ramjangles5165]

I remember my old high school teacher made us draw Dali’s “The Persistence of Time.” Never really had a taste for Dali. I painted Van Gogh’s Starry Night...but with yarn! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hprMeamZaMqtf8k

[@incrediblystupid8483]

What did he have to do with white Christmas garbage???

[@xyzllii]

6 mins in and this is all about a boring old film maker so far....I came for Dali.

[@tonyhawkes2040]

He was a 'slave' to his ego

[@MultiMam12345]

Poor camera work, poor editing. Get some film students next time. And a writer. In general, some professionals.

[@Justmt6940]

Terrible documentary, I am sorry to say this but there is no sense of narrative

[@DariusM]

Almost like a dream 😂

[@NECRONOMICON7-7-7]

No sense of narrative is the perfect way to summon up Dali's work

[@moonlightcity1876]

cause you’re not open minded

[@clarkbowler157]

What's the need for narrative?

[@ivanjavis]

bullshit...

[@TheElizabethashby]

DALI NOTHING BUT A IDOL OF NOTHING GOOD

[@michaelflaherty3202]

Awful. Gross. Confusing. Not about anything near what the title is. This video should be deleted.