Without Dali’s self-exposure, we only know the intersection between him and Buñuel. Together, they filmed "An Andalu Dog" in Paris, a 17-minute surrealist work. This avant-garde work is grotesque but also full of poetry, very Dali. , Very Buñuel, but no one would say very Federico. Fortunately, Dali in his later years restored that era. We can finally watch Buñuel's movies, Dali's paintings, and Federico's poems in three dimensions.
Federico in the film is handsome, tall and talented. He is a man of great importance at the University of Madrid. In the eyes of his best friend Buñuel, he is the greatest and outstanding poet. He is obsessed with jazz, is anti-fascist, is good at speaking, plays, and pursues freedom. Lucia is deeply nostalgic for being killed secretly by fascists when he was 36 years old. This is the real Federico.
The main line of the film is the relationship between him and Dali. From meeting and knowing each other and then falling in love, occasionally separations to the final separation between heaven and man, Federico's writer girlfriend, Buñuel and Dali are always fighting for him in the film. In the course of the competition, the three of them took turns and left. They came back to fight after licking their wounds, repeatedly... In fact, Federico’s feelings are very clear. Dali has an absolute advantage in this competition. And his rejection and deep fear of sexual relations pushed Federico to others again and again, which is also the most incomprehensible to me (also Buñuel, he has a habit of abstinence, for many years he has a strange sexual behavior A sense of guilt...), a surrealist painter who advocates denying traditions, opposing conformity, abandoning bourgeois moral codes, and demanding spiritual liberation. . . Anyway, Federico can't stand the torture of love, put down his little love, put his enthusiasm into the anti-fascist struggle, and died.
At the moment Federico fell, Dali was undoubtedly sublimated into a saint. In the parallel montage, Dali was distraught and collapsed again (the first collapse was to observe Federico and the woman ml). Dali’s eyes were all in the sea that night. In the playful scenes, everything is silver-plated by moonlight, Federico is so beautiful and unreal. It wasn't until Dali darkened his face, covered his tears, that he went out to face the bleak world, and his emotions became frozen. Only then did he understand that there is only one protagonist in this article, Federico. The screenwriter and director eliminated all the flaws and criticisms of historical figures and portrayed him as a sincere, romantic, affectionate, pure, and selfless... a great poet and libertarian, just like the hazy image of the moon in the film, almost perfect , Turned into a symbol, love almost reduced to foil and packaging.
The newcomer Robert who plays Dali is still an Englishman. The Spaniards' publicity and direct communication are in the bones. This nature naturally manifests from the inside out, which makes it somewhat difficult for the British who have always been reserved and deep to express, let alone, He is playing Dali, a guy with a beard up to the sky. The other actors are from Spanish-speaking countries, but everyone has to speak English. Robert is imitating Spanish-style big tongue English. He sounds very awkward. Maybe the director also feels awkward. He has done the music very well and the scenery is also very good. , From Catalonia in the north of Spain to Andalusia in the south.
There are only three of Dali's paintings in the film, and even his most famous "soft clock" has not had time to appear, and there are several paintings that can be completely inserted into the storyline, but it is a pity. But after watching this movie, you will unconsciously look for his paintings, maybe the director thinks so too.
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