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Salvador Dalí was the greatest Surrealist painter and a towering figure of avant-garde art in the 20th century. His flamboyant mustache, costumes, and bizarre antics made him a darling of elite society. Dalíland chronicles his relationship with hedonistic wife and muse, Gala, in two different timelines but not from their perspective. The film takes a peek into the zoo approach that offers no real insight to a creative genius. What we get is literally drugs, sex, and rock 'n' roll with a rote and uninspiring delivery. That's tremendously disappointing given the luminous eccentricity of its subject.

Dalíland is seen through the eyes of James (Christopher Briney), a handsome young assistant at New York City's Dufresne Gallery in 1974. Dalí (Ben Kingsley) has an important show coming up but hasn't completed any new paintings. The naive James is sent to prod the artist as an unwitting new boy toy. Gala (Barbara Sukowa...

To say that Salvador Dalí was an eccentric man is an understatement. Outside his artwork, including the famous "Persistence of Memory" painting, chances are you probably remember him for walking an anteater on a leash out in the middle of Paris or when he brought another anteater on The Dick Cavett Show. His life was often as surrealistic as the paintings he produced, only ever being amplified as he became recognized for his strange artwork. Since just about everything -- including products, oddly enough -- are getting biopics, why not base one on one of the most intriguing artists of the 20th century?

Lo and behold, here comes Dalíland. It originally made the rounds at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) before being snagged by Magnolia Pictures for a wider release. Directed by Mary Harron, who previously directed 1996's I Shot Andy Warhol and the hilarious horror-comedy American Psycho, it'll...

Controversial star Ezra Miller appears for just a few seconds in the trailer for Dalíland.

Miller shares the role of the ubiquitous Spanish artist with Ben Kingsley who plays the surrealist in later life.

“Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mary Harron, Dalíland stars Ben Kingsley as the titular Salvador Dalí, one of the most world-renowned artists of the 20th century and focuses on the later years of the strange and fascinating marriage between Dalí and his wife, Gala (Barbara Sukowa), as their seemingly unshakable bond begins to stress and fracture,” the official logline reads.

“Set in New York and Spain in 1974, the film is told through the eyes of James (Christopher Briney), a young assistant keen to make his name in the art world, who helps the eccentric and mercurial Dalí prepare for a big gallery show. Rupert Graves, Suki Waterhouse, Andreja Pejic and Ezra Miller also star.”

In Miller’s only scene in the trailer,...

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Twenty-six years after making “I Shot Andy Warhol,” filmmaker Mary Harron returns to the late ’60s/early ’70s New York art world with “Dalíland,” this time with greater mastery and style. Ben Kingsley stars as Salvador Dalí, the eccentric Spanish surrealist artist who paraded around sporting a handlebar mustache and dressed like a 16th-century conquistador in the glam-rock era.

Harron dabbles in her own take on surrealism by converging Dalí’s romantic headspace and the ever-present decadent party scene. Her invocation of surrealism isn’t at all in Dalí’s style, which would be one way to approach the subject. But this definitely feels like her most layered and fully realized vision.

Like “I Shot Andy Warhol,” “Dalíland,” which premiered as the closing-night attraction at the Toronto International Film Festival, centers not on the artist himself but rather on someone peripheral in his circle. The film opens in 1985, as James...

“The Flash” is not the only upcoming movie starring Ezra Miller that is being forced to contend with the actor’s recent controversies. The upcoming Toronto International Film Festival will close with the premiere of Mary Harron’s “Dalíland,” which features Miller in a small supporting role as a young Salvador Dalí. Ben Kingsley stars in the film more prominently as an older Dalí. Harron confirmed to Vanity Fair that Miller is not being cut out of the film.

“The film was completely finished and wrapped,” Harron said. “It might have been different, especially if we were shooting, if there had been bad behavior during that. But this all happened after the film was not only filmed, but edited and mixed and done. I also felt like everybody shot all those things in good faith. Nothing bad happened during our filming, and the film is the film.”

Harron continued, “I...

“Dalíland,” a biopic about the life of artist Salvador Dalí that stars Ben Kingsley, will be the closing night film of next month’s Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF announced on Tuesday.

Mary Harron directs the film that will make its premiere on Sept. 17 at Roy Thompson Hall.

“Dalíland” tells the story of the later years of the strange and fascinating marriage between the genius Salvador Dalí and his wife, Gala, as their seemingly unshakable bond begins to stress and fracture. Set in New York and Spain in 1973, the story is told through the eyes of James, a young assistant keen to make his name in the art world, who helps the eccentric and mercurial Dalí prepare for a big gallery show.

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The 47th Toronto Film Festival on Tuesday selected the Mary Harron-directed Dalíland as its closing-night movie. The pic stars Ben Kingsley as the older Salvador Dalí and Ezra Miller as the younger Dalí. However, the TIFF press release left Miller’s name off the cast credits.

It’s been public knowledge that Miller is in the film. The Flash star this week was charged with felony burglary in Vermont in addition to several other run-ins with the law this year. Deadline learned this morning that Miller has not been cut out of Dalíland.

In a 2021 Cannes Market interview with Deadline, Harron told us: “We started looking at Dalí in the 1970s, the older Dalí, with flashbacks to the younger Dalí, which are rendered like an old movie. That format really excited me. Ezra had like three days between finishing Fantastic Beasts and starting The Flash, and insisted on coming and doing our film.

Director Mary Harron’s “Dalíland,” a movie about influential surrealist artist Salvador Dalí, will have its world premiere as the closing night film for the 47th Toronto International Film Festival.

The movie will debut on Saturday, Sept. 17 at Roy Thomson Hall.

Ben Kingsley is playing Salvador Dalí in “Dalíland,” which tells the story of his strange and fascinating marriage with his wife Gala as their seemingly unshakeable bond begins to crack. Set in New York and Spain in 1973, the tale is told through the eyes of James, a young assistant trying to make a name for himself in the art world, who helps the eccentric and mercurial Dalí prepare for a big gallery show.

“We’re excited to premiere Mary Harron’s ‘Dalíland’ as this year’s closing night film,” said Cameron Bailey, CEO of TIFF. “We couldn’t be prouder that Harron is a Canadian who has taken her...

The Toronto International Film Festival has announced that “Dalíland,” Mary Harron’s latest film that stars Sir Ben Kingsley as Salvador Dalí, will close out the festival on Saturday, September 17.

“We’re excited to premiere Mary Harron’s ‘Dalíland’ as this year’s Closing Night film,” said TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey. “We couldn’t be prouder that Harron is a Canadian who has taken her singular explorations of iconic eccentrics to the world stage. In portraying the wild relationship between Salvador Dalí and his partner, Gala, Harron continues to keep moviegoing interesting and engaging.”

The film follows the legendary surrealist painter and “Un Chien Andalou” director in the later years of his career, examining the unique power dynamics in his marriage to his wife, Gala Dalí. The story is told through the eyes of an ambitious young assistant, James, who is tasked with helping the aging painter prepare for a...

Mary Harron’s biopic stars Ben Kingsley as Salvador Dali.

The world premiere of Mary Harron’s Dalíland starring Ben Kingsley as celebrated surrealist painter Salvador Dali will close the 47th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 17 at Roy Thomson Hall.

Dalíland recounts the latter years of Dali’s marriage to Gala, played by Barbara Sukowa, as their seemingly unshakable bond begins to crack. Set in New York and Spain in 1973, the story is told through the eyes of a young assistant, played by Christopher Briney, who helps the eccentric artist prepare for a big show.

“We’re excited...