Salvador Dali was one of the most famous and also one of the most notorious artists of the twentieth century, his flamboyant personal style establishing him as a showman in the popular imagination. This book presents both the major works that reflect Dali's preoccupation with film and material related to the key film projects on which he worked.

Salvador Dali was one of the most famous and also one of the most notorious artists of the twentieth century, his flamboyant personal style establishing him as a showman in the popular imagination. This book presents both the major works that reflect Dali's preoccupation with film and material related to the key film projects on which he worked.

Salvador Dali worked in two distinct modes - a highly detailed naturalism and a more avant-garde, cubist-derived style that owed much to Picasso. This book offers material about Dali's formative years as a young artist in Spain and first years in Paris. It shows how the stage was set for the emergence of Dali's mature artistic personality.