Dali, And Those Who Tried To Be ...

I have posted Blogs about Dali or his art work several times in the past. The last one was some while ago when a German/Spanish magazine put him on a magazine cover. I was surprised to have received 3 messages asking about whether there's more available pictures of Dali in my album. I hadn't then, but I managed to find one of him taken in 1929.

You will easily recognised that the last one in red was not Dali,. but the actor Robert Pattinson interpreting Dali in the film 'Little Ashes'. The first one is evident, a poster of the Film 'Dali' of Simon West, with Antonio Banderas as the highly acclaimed artist.

What is it about Dali that had evoked such Hollywood fever to make films of the surreal life of Dali all of a sudden? Like the biopic 'Little Ashes' now having another re-run just now. Many other big screen names had jostled to put on that unmistakable moustache to transform themselves to Dali - Antonio Banderas, Al Pacino, Johnny Depp and including Peter O'toole.

All projects about Dali have to compete for the attention and scrutiny of Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation, proprietor of legal rights of all Dali's work, and most seemed to have met with opposition. It was revealed that most of these hypothetical films would put to ruins 15 years' effort to situate the ingenious painter in the history of 'serious' art of the 20th century, beyond his reputation of scandals and colourful legends of all kinds, some related to the falsification of his graphic work in recent years.

"The last thing we need now is a bad movie that becomes a great commercial success." commented Joan Manel Sevillano, manager of the foundation, who had received 11 scripts in the last 6 years (Little Ashes not amongst these), all of them rejected. "Dali's life was colourful enough, no need whatsoever to invent things", he emphasized
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Tags:dali,banderas,Pacino,Depp,O'Toole

Current Mood: Artistic

What's Wrong With Me?

Q. & A.

Son: “How much does it cost to get married, Dad?”
Father: “I don't know son, I'm still paying for it.”

Son: “Is it true, Dad? I heard that in ancient China, a man doesn't know his wife until he marries.”
Father: “That happens everywhere, son, EVERYWHERE.”
Q: How can you tell that Maurice is losing interest in his wife?
A: Because Maurice’s favourite sexual position is next door.

** The frog

Ken, 80 years old, was taking a walk when he saw a frog in the gutter. He was shocked when the frog began to speak to him.
The frog said, "Old man, if you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess, I'll be yours forever and we can make mad passionate love every night."
Ken bent down and put the frog into his pocket and continued walking.
The frog said, "Hey, I don't think you heard me. I said if you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess and we can make passionate love every night."
Ken took the frog out of his pocket and said, "I heard you, but at my age I'd rather have a talking frog."

** What’s wrong with me?

Esther makes an emergency appointment to see her doctor.
“Doctor,” says Esther, “just look at the mess I’m in. When I awoke this morning, I looked in the mirror and was shocked to see my hair all wiry, my skin wrinkled and blotchy, my eyes bloodshot and bulging out of their sockets and my face so white that I looked like a corpse. What on earth is wrong with me, doctor?”
The doctor looks at her and calmly says, “Well, for a start, there’s certainly nothing wrong with your eyesight …”

** I want to get married

Little Paul says to his father, "Daddy, Daddy, I want to get married"
His father says, "For that son, you have to have a girlfriend."
Paul says, "But I've found a girl."
"Who?" said his father.
"My grandma."
"Let me get this straight." the father says. "You want to marry my mother? You can't do that!"
"Why not?" says Paul. "You married mine."

** Knowledge

June was talking to her friend Sadie.
“My son Thomas,” said June proudly, “has first class degrees in psychology, economics and politics.”
“You must be proud of him,” said Sadie.
“Yes I am,” replied June. “He can’t get a job but at least he knows why.”

** The artist

When Abe returned home from work, his wife Ruth said, “So how was your day?”
He replied, “I met an artist. I’ve never met someone so talented. He said he painted a picture of a cobweb on his wall and it looked so real, the maid tried for over an hour to get it off. "
Ruth said, “I don’t believe him.”
“Why not?” said Abe, “some artists are very good indeed.”
“Maybe,” said Ruth, “But maids aren’t.”

** Another artist

Becky was very rich. One day she telephoned a famous young artist and said she wanted to commission him to paint her. He said his fee would be £5,000, which she immediately accepted. When she arrived at his studio for the first sitting, she gave him a cheque for £7,000. The artist was very surprised and asked what the extra money was for.
“I want you to paint me in the nude,” she said, “Do you have any objections?”
“Not for £7,000 I don’t. But I would have to keep my socks on. I must have somewhere to put my brushes.”

Current Mood: Amused

Tags:Frog,Artist,Me

Love And Random Thoughts

** I don't know how to find the right man, so I concentrate on being the right woman.

** We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love.

** There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love.

** There is only one pretty child in the world and every mother has it.

** A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.

** The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of.

** Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
** Love is, above all else, the gift of oneself.

** Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it.

** An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her.

** He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

** The greatest conqueror in love is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.

** Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.

** He who laughs last didn't get it.

** Common sense ain't common.
** When in doubt, tell the truth.
** Common sense and a sense of humour are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humour is just common sense, dancing.
** The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

Tags:Love,RandomThoughts

Current Mood: Determined

All Barmen Have Their Own Drunks

Neil was in a pub, extremely drunk. The barman, Simon, noticed this, and when Neil asked for another whisky, the barman politely told him that he was too drunk to be served another drink.

Neil leaves. He walks out of the pub and in again at the side door and asks Simon for a double whisky. A little frustrated, Simon repeats the answer he had said earlier.

Neil, again leaves and enters through a further side door, walks up to the barman and asks for a Scotch. Simon is now quite annoyed, and tells Neil he is too drunk and to get a ride home and leave the pub.

Once more, Neil leaves. Again he comes in, this time through the back door. Neil walks up to the barman and before he can say a word, Simon explodes at him, "I told you already, you are way too drunk, you can not have another whisky. Get out of my bar!"

Disgruntled, Neil glares at Simon and asks, "Man, how many bars do you work at?"

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A man walks into a pub and asks the barman for a pint of bitter.

The barman says, "Bitter’s off just now, we’re waiting for the dray and a delivery."

The man says, "OK then, I'll have a rum and coke."

After drinking his rum and coke, he goes back to the bar and asks again for a pint of bitter.

Once again the barman says that they don't have any, so the man orders a screwdriver.

He drinks his screwdriver. He then goes back and asks yet again for a pint of bitter.

The barman says "Look, if you take the rum out of a rum and coke, what do you have?"

The man replies, "Coke."

"If you take the vodka out of a screwdriver, what do you have?"

The man replies, "Orange juice."

"Now, if you take the flame out of a pint of bitter, what do you have?"

The man looks puzzled, "There is no flame in a pint of bitter."

The barman replies, "That’s what I've been trying to tell you!"

 

Tags:Barman,Drunks

Current Mood: Amused