The Final Years

This documentary makes for a good introduction for who do not know much about Dali.  In other words, it puts everything in perspective.  Furthermore, the interviews by Surrealists helps give this documentary a layered feel.  However, they do not explain why Gala lived separately from Salvador during her last years.  Did it come from her failing health?  Did they have irreconcilable differences?  What happened? 

On the last footage, I hated that they carted out a bedridden Dali just to show him praising the Spanish Royalty.  It reminded me too much of my grandfather’s last days.  While my grandfather did not have Parkinson’s, he could not remember anyone.  Not to mention the reporters shoving microphones in the man’s face.  It made me sick.

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