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THE DALI DIMENSION
by Susi Marquès
Producer: Joan Ubeda
MEDIA 3.14
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THE DALI DIMENSION
Lenght:
52 minutes
Director:
Joan UBEDA, Eli PONS, Susi MARQUES
Producer :
Joan UBEDA - Media 3.14
Coproducers :
Televisio de Catalunya, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali
Institut Ramon Llull, AVRO
Photography:
Editing:
Original score:
Format:
Marc MARTINEZ
Maria DI MASSO
Tullio TONELLI
BETA DIGITAL
Delivery:
2004
Partners:
TVE Tematicos, YLE TEEMA, RTBF
Distributor:
ACCENT FILMS INTERNATIONAL
Festivals
Mention d'Honneur Festival Teleciencia (Porto, Portugal, 2004)
Prix du Meilleur programme de télévision, 23rd Festival International des
Films sur l'Art, Montréal, 2005
SUMMARY
Salvador Dalí had an obsession for science that lasted his entire life. This can be seen in his paintings, which
reflect every major discovery of the 20th Century. His signature is directly influenced by a scientific image.
Dalí read scientific literature compulsively, from psychoanalysis to quantum mechanics, and mathematics to
genetics. Moreover, he strove all his life to meet relevant scientists: Sigmund Freud, James D. Watson (codiscoverer of the structure of DNA, Nobel prize 1962), Ilya Prigogine (Nobel prize chemistry 1977), Severo
Ochoa (Nobel prize physiology 1959).
He befriended researchers in physics, mathematics, biology and other disciplines. Scientists were surprised to
discover that beyond the façade of a clownish showman was a brilliant artist with whom they could have
meaningful discussions at the crossroads of art and science.
Dalí's obsession for science is one of the aspects of his quest for transcendence. The painter, who never hid his fear
of death, longed to create a work of genius that would outlast him. He employed scientific language and concepts
to transcend the tangible world, with the aim of exploring new dimensions beyond real life.
The film features interviews with Dalí in which he speaks about his passion for science together with previously
unseen footage of Dalí with scientists. James D. Watson, Ilya Prigogine and other researchers give their personal
accounts of their relationship with the painter. Art historians highlight the scientific influences that can be found in
a selection of works by Dalí.
THE DALI DIMENSION reveals a completely unknown aspect of one of the most important figures of the 20th
Century, and gives new insight to interpret some of Dalí’s masterpieces.
RÉSUMÉ
Lecteur compulsif de littérature scientifique, de la psychanalyse à la physique nucléaire, des mathématiques à la
génétique, Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) fut, tout au long de sa vie, captivé par la science. Cette fascination se
retrouve dans ses toiles, qui reflètent chacune des grandes découvertes scientifiques du XXème siècle. Il s'est
efforcé de rencontrer des scientifiques célèbres et s'est également lié d'amitié avec des chercheurs des domaines
de la physique, des mathématiques et de la biologie, avec lesquels iI eut de brillants échanges. L'obsession de Dalí
pour les sciences est l’'un des aspects de sa quête de transcendance. Terrorisé par la mort, le peintre rêvait de
créer une oeuvre de génie qui lui survivrait. Il utilisa le langage et les concepts scientifiques pour dépasser le
monde tangible et explorer de nouvelles dimensions au-delà de la vie. Le film, grâce a des documents d'archives,
établit la passion de Dalí pour la science. En outre, quelques scientifiques, notamment James D. Watson et lIya
Prigogine, évoquent les rapports qu'ils ont eus avec le peintre, tandis que des historiens d'art mettent en lumière
les influences scientifiques que I'on retrouve dans une sélection de ses œuvres.
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Spain
Spain
GENERALITAT - ICIC
TVE - Temáticos
MEDIA DISTRIBUTION
UE
Belgium
Spain
INST. RAMON LLULL
RTBF
Spain
INST. RAMON LLULL
Finland
Spain
FUND. DALÍ
YLE
Spain
TVC
Netherlands
Spain
Televisió de Catalunya
AVRO
Spain
COUNTRY
Media 3.14 S.L
WHO
THE DALI DIMENSION
Financing plan
68.539,66
342.698,33
TOTAL
5.000,00
10.000,00
15.000,00
15.000,00
24.000,00
18.000,00
18.000,00
60.000,00
6.000,00
66.000,00
37.158,67
EUROS
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Belgium
Finland
Netherlands
Satellite Spanish
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Catalunya
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Rest of the world
TERRITORIES
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pre-sale
pre-sale
pre-sale / co-prod.
pre-sale
grant
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co-production
co-production
broadcasting rights
co-production
co-production
STATUS
100,00
20,00
1,46
2,92
4,38
4,38
7,00
5,25
5,25
17,51
1,75
19,26
10,84
%
Biofilmographies
Joan Ubeda. Executive producer
His television career started at TV3, the Catalan public broadcaster. He was part of the founding team of 30
Minuts, the station’s flagship current-affairs program. Subsequently he developed and directed together with
Francesc Escribano a number of documentary series with innovative formats, such as Ciutadans, El Cangur, Les
coses com són, Vides Privades or Bellvitge Hospital.
In 1999 he joined Mediapro, where he has created and directed series like El meu avi, Animalia or PeloPicoPata.
In this period he has produced several documentaries such as El 23-F des de dins (Ondas Award 2001), El tour
de los hombres íntegros and Aúpa Pafadnam! His work has been recognized with many awards, including the
National Culture Award 2000 (Journalism), and two International Ondas Awards (1994, 1996).
Susi Marquès. Director
She is a specialist in the documentary field who has worked for several television stations and audiovisual
producers. In TVE, she produced a number of stories for the strands Línea 900 and Informe semanal (19881993). She also worked on the coverage of the Barcelona 92 Olympic Games. For Canal Plus Spain she directed
several stories in the strand Abierto en canal. For TV3, she has directed several episodes for series such as El
meu avi and the documentary Sabia que vindries.
She won the Actual Catalunya Award for directing and producing the documentary Les ciutats invisibles.
Between 1998 and 2000 she was the editor of BTV’s innovative thematic evenings.
Eli Pons. Scriptwriter
She made her debut in TV3 as a writer/director for Actual, 30 Minuts and other news programmes. In 1997 she
joined as a director the team led by Manuel Huerga which launched the new channel Barcelona Televisió (BTV).
She also worked as a freelance director for musical videos as well as other creative projects.
Since 1999 she has been in charge of developing and coordinating projects for Media 3.14. She directed or codirected documentaries such as Las Hurdes después de Buñuel (for Canal Plus). She is the subdirector of the
documentary series El meu avi, produced by Media 3.14 and broadcast by Televisió de Catalunya.
Mònica López. Research
Graduated in Journalism from the Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona. Master’s Degree in Scientific
Communication from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1996). She was editor of Channel Natura’s News Bulletin,
which focused on scientific issues and the environment. She has contributed stories on science to a variety of
newspapers and magazines (La Vanguardia, Avui, El temps) and is a coordinator of the Master’s Programme in
Scientific Communication at the Universtat Pompeu Fabra. She is currently working as a writer for Media 3.14.
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