Quentin Dupieux's Surreal Dalí Film Daaaaaali! Premieres at Venice

Quentin Dupieux's surrealist film Daaaaaali! premiered out of competition at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. The movie follows a young French journalist who repeatedly encounters Salvador Dalí while attempting to make a documentary that never begins shooting. Dupieux combines his passion for Dalí and filmmaker Luis Buñuel, creating an enjoyable and rocambolesque film. In an interview, Dupieux explained he chose a bizarre approach rather than a traditional biopic because Dalí is not a conventional character and he wanted to enter Dalí's mind. Actor Édouard Baer reflected on the journalist-artist relationship, noting that journalism may be disappearing due to the internet and social media, forcing journalists to become personalities like Dalí to survive. Dupieux expressed admiration for dreams and Buñuel's cinema, particularly Un Chien Andalou, which he sees as a demonstration of freedom through temporal deconstruction. He dismissed the term 'surrealist' as belonging to the past and now meaningless. Actress Anaïs Demoustier described the film as intelligent and subtly melancholic, not purely comedic, with exceptional dialogue and a unique cinematic approach.