Movie about Dali

Recently, while making my second post, I watched a movie about Dali - Little Ashes. I was really impressed with finding out some new information about Genius Salvador Dali. I would like to share my emotions and thoughts with you as well as discuss it. Although this movie has rating 6.6 out of 10 on imdb, this movie is really cool for those who are interested in Dali.

If you are interested in watching this movie, do it now and then read the rest of the post. I don`t want to tell you the whole story before you watch it.

Little Ashes reveals the relationship of Dali, Bunuel (a famous filmmaker) and Garcia Lorca (Spanish poet). The film is based on real life. 

Dali arrived to Madrid University of Fine Arts. Situation in Spain was really bad. He was pretty shy as a teenager; however, he always claimed himself to be a genius. There he met Garcia Lorca. They became very good friends....or not just friends. The film shows that Lorca tried to persuade Dali to have sexual relationship with him. During the movie, they just kissed and Dali rejected to have sex with Lorca. Lorca got angry and slept with a girl in front of Dali. The situation in Spain got only worse; for this reason, Dali left Lorca and went to Paris with Bunuel to pursue his career. "Friends" haven`t seen each other for years. One day Bunuel came back to Spain saying that Dali has changed, he is not a shy guy anymore. He is on the peak of fame. Bunuel cannot deal with Salvador anymore. Dali became too arrogant. Lorca continues to fight with the cruel government. Salvador finally invites Lorca to his place. He wants to work together again. He also wants to show his love Gala to a friend. "Friends" finally meet. Dali offers Lorca to go to US together, as he have heard about Lorca`s problems with government. Garcia cannot recognize his old shy Salvador. He knows they cannot work together any more. Lorca comes back to Spain, where he was caught by the police and shot.

Was it all real? Well... Lorca and Dali were not just friends. During his life, Dali didn't want to comment on his relationship with Lorca. However, before his death ( Dali`s), he admitted that Lorca several times tried to have sexual relationship with Dali, but Dali said no. Did Salvador tell the truth? Judging from their letters, Dali and Lorca were not just friends. They had a very intense speeches, which somehow can be a contrary to what Dali actually said. Unfortunately, we cannot know what really happened between them.

The second interesting fact, is that no one knows how Lorca actually died. When he came back to Spain, he was taken to the prison and after that he disappeared. Gossips say he was shot during the shooting. However, his body wash`t found there with the rest of shot people. Spain is still interested in where is the body of the poet and how he died. He was a remarkable and important person for Spanish culture.

Lorca and Dali in the movie Little Ashes. From weheartit.com