Directed by Mary Harron
In 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps aging genius Salvador Dali prepare for a big show in New York.
Dali Land, Daliland, ウェルカム トゥ ダリ, 達利：慾望之謎, ДалиЛенд, Dali Diyarı, 달리랜드, Dalilendas, Быть Сальвадором Дали, 达利之地, Ma vie avec Dalí, דאלילנד, Dalíland, Dežela Dalí
Canada Toronto International Film Festival 
Romania18 
ItalyT Torino Film Festival 
Switzerland16 
Bulgaria 
UK15 
Brazil Bulgaria 
LithuaniaN-13 Italy6+ 
Russia18+ 
USANR 
Austria 
Germany16 
France12 
South Korea15 
Greece 
Hong KongIIB 
Poland16 
Puerto Rico USANR Russia18+ 
AustraliaM 
JapanPG12 
New ZealandM UK15 
China UK15 Australia Austria Brazil Bulgaria Canada China France Germany Greece Hong Kong Italy Japan Lithuania New Zealand Poland Puerto Rico Romania Russia South Korea Switzerland UK USA 
trigger warning: ezra miller
"So, tomorrow we‘re going to shoot that big scene where he paints La persistencia de la memoria."
"Great, so you cleared the rights?"
"Cleared the what?"
There’s something poignantly sad about the staging of an orgy on a low budget.
TIFF
CLOSING NIGHT FILM
Dalíland was a mixed bag. Directed by the great Canadian filmmaker Mary Harron, it was also marred by the presence of Ezra Miller. Miller was really only in two flashback scenes. Ridley Scott was able to reshoot scenes for All the Money in the World, thereby erasing the presence of an abuser, in a very short turnaround period. Dalíland simply would have been better without Miller, even if they were unable to reshoot the flashbacks and only had footage of the older Dalí (Ben Kingsley) recounting his stories.
In any case, the costumes and music were fabulous. The other actors carried the film. The main thing that stood out was the philosophy behind Dalí’s art and…
Dullíland
Was Ezra Miller dubbed or something, because that didn’t sound like him whatsoever. Ben Kingsley does what he does.
Deeply fake movie.
Almost Famous for art geeks.
Pretty fun for the first half when Mr. Dali is partying up and we get to hang out in that world. However, loses its steam in the last half when the party is over and we are left with relationship drama we don’t care about.
How dare a bio pic about the amazing surrealist painter Salvador Dalí be so uninspired?
Ben Kingsley is wonderfully entertaining, but the film around him is entirely too flat to be any sort of tribute to such a monumental artist. I don't think it was bad, and I appreciated that it wasn't formulaic, but there's just no spark.
And that's all I have to say about that.
So generic and uninteresting that it barely even registers. I’ve already forgotten it.
Going to be super honest, I only watched this for Chris Briney and Suki Waterhouse. Trigger warning: Ezra Miller.
Disappointingly by-the-numbers “young, attractive ingénue joins the inner circle of a genius, only to find out everything isn’t fun and parties.”
Ben Kingsley and Barbara Sukowa are great as Salvador and Gala Dalí. Editing felt clunky. Zero Dalí paintings shown (rights issues?). Decent score.
It’s not bad, it’s just nothing new or exciting, and especially for a film inspired by surrealist painter, I was expecting something a bit more interesting or visually inventive.
