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I'm going to a panel discussion this evening at the Barbican about a lost Surrealist screenplay for the Marx Brothers written by Salvador Dalí but never filmed barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2019/event/animal-crackers-u-panel-discussionPermalink On Internet Archive
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This was a really interesting discussion bringing out the parallels between the absurdism of the Marx Brothers and the Surrealism of Dalí.Permalink On Internet Archive
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It's incredible that, given his influence, Dalí had so many lost projects particularly in cinema: this lost Marx Brothers screenplay; his work on Jodorowsky's Dune. I'm sure this film could be made today but, as Groucho thought in the '30s, I don't think it would be successful.Permalink On Internet Archive
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The graphic novel adaptation of the screenplay was put together by Josh Frank who worked off Dalí's screenplay for the story and worked with Tim Heidecker of Tim and Eric for the Marx Brothers routines to get the tone of the humour right.Permalink On Internet Archive
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I didn't get a chance to ask but I'd be keen to hear about how the work of comedians like Tim & Eric (and Don't Hug Me I'm Scared and Tim Robinson) and their sort of new absurdism and Surrealism meshes with the early Surrealism of Dalí and the vaudevillian absurdism of Marx Bros.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Anyway, the graphic novel adaptation is published by Quirk Books and is available here: quirkbooks.com/book/giraffes-horseback-saladOn Internet Archive
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As a lost movie, this one has so much fascinating potential. Harpo Marx and Dalí both seemed to recognise that this project would have brought together a nascent cultural form in the shape of early talkies with a nascent art movement in the shape of Surrealism.Permalink On Internet Archive
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I'm fascinated by lost movies like this: Jodorowsky's Dune, Kubrick's unmade Napoleon film, David Lynch's Return of the Jedi. The DVD shelf in Neil Gaiman's library of the Dreaming.Permalink On Internet Archive