Hello, Dali — Farewell, Jean

When the past — recent or distant — is recreated on screen, nostalgia could come into play for moviegoers who either lived through the time evoked or wished for the opportunity to experience it. Some of the wild and glamorous demimonde gatherings of the 1970s that are depicted in the bio-pic Daliland have a decided allure. But depending on the circumstances, one might just as easily be grateful to have avoided certain eras, such as the repressive late 1980s in England, where the drama Blue Jean is set. ‘DALILAND’ Directed by Mary Harron, Daliland is a baroque mix of biographical fancy and period fetish that peers at the latter days of flamboyant master of surrealist art/gleeful provocateur Salvador Dali, in tandem with his wife and love of his life, Gala. The significant eve... Read More