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The Little Ashes DVD is already released in the UK and the US release date is January 26th!
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OPENS | STATE | CITY, THEATER | LOCATION |
05/08/09 | CA | Berkeley, Landmark Shattuck Cinemas | 2230 Shattuck Avenue |
05/08/09 | CA | Irvine, Edwards University Town Center 6 | 4245 Campus Drive |
05/08/09 | CA | Menlo Park, Landmark, Guild Theatre | 949 El Camino Real |
05/08/09 | CA | Pasadena, Laemmle's Playhouse 7 | 673 E. Colorado, Pasadena |
05/08/09 | CA | San Francisco, Landmark Clay Theatre | 2261 Fillmore Street |
05/08/09 | CA | 288 S. Second St | |
05/08/09 | CA | Los Angeles, Laemmle Town Center | 17200 Ventura Blvd.,Encino |
05/08/09 | CA | Los Angeles, Monica 4-Plex | 1332 2nd Street, Santa Monica |
05/08/09 | CA | Los Angeles , Laemmle Sunset 5 | 8000 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood |
05/08/09 | IL | Chicago, Century Centre Cinema | 2828 North Clark St., Chicago |
05/08/09 | NY | New York, Clearview Chelsea Cinemas | 260 West 23rd St. NY |
05/08/09 | NY | 4 W 58th St # A | |
05/08/09 | NY | New York, Sunshine Cinema | 143 E. Houston St. NY |
05/15/09 | FL | Tampa Theatre | 711 N Franklin Street |
05/15/09 | NJ | Chatham, Chatham Cinema | 641 Shunpike Road |
05/15//09 | NJ | Montclair, Clearview Clairidge Cinemas | 486 Bloomfield Ave |
05/15/09 | NY | Jamaica, Kew Gardens Cinema | 8105 Lefferts Blvd |
05/15/09 | NY | Manhasset Cinema | 430 Plandome Road |
05/15/09 | WA | Seattle, Landmark Harvard Exit | 807 East Roy at Harvard |
05/21/09 | CA | San Luis Obispo, Palm Theatre (1 day only) | 817 Palm Street |
05/22/09 | CA | Monterey, Osio Plaza Theatre | 350 Alvarado St. Monterey |
05/22/09 | CAN | Toronto, Cumberland 4 | 159 Cumberland Ave. |
05/22/09 | MA | Boston, Kendall Square Cinema | One Kendall Square, Cambridge |
05/22/09 | NY | Sag Harbor Cinema | 90 Main Street |
05/22/09 | OR | Portland, Living Room Theaters | 341 SW 10th Ave, Portland |
05/29/09 | CA | Los Angeles, Laemmle's Music Hall 3 | 9036 Wilshire, Beverly Hills |
05/29/09 | CA | San Francisco, Landmark Opera Plaza | 601 Van Ness Avenue |
05/29/09 | CA | Santa Barbara, Plaza De Oro Twin | 371 S. Hitchcock Way |
05/29/09 | CA | Santa Cruz, Nickelodeon | 210 Lincoln St |
05/29/09 | DC | Washington DC, E Street Cinema | 555 11th Street NW, DC |
05/29/09 | MO | St. Louis, LandmarkTivoli Theatre | 6350 Del Mar, St. Louis |
05/29/09 | NJ | Millburn Cinema 4 | 350 Millburn Ave # 1 |
05/29/09 | WA | Seattle, Landmark Varsity | 4329 University Way N.E. |
JUNE TBA | TX | Houston - Call your Theatres! | |
06/05/09 | CA | San Diego, Landmark Ken Cinema | 4061 Adams Avenue |
06/05/09 | FL | Ft. Lauderdale, Sunrise Gateway | 1820 E. Sunrise Blvd. |
06/05/09 | GA | Atlanta, Midtown Art Cinema | 931 Monroe Drive, Atlanta |
06/05/09 | IL | Wilmette Theater | 1122 Central Ave |
06/05/09 | MN | Minneapolis, Landmark THEATER TBD | |
06/12/09 | CA | Palm Desert, Cinemas Palme D'Or | 72840 Highway 111 |
06/12/09 | CA | San Diego, Landmark Hillcrest Cinemas | 3965 5th Avenue |
06/12/09 | CAN | 325 Rideau St. | |
06/12/09 | CAN | 20 Carlton St. | |
06/12/09 | CT | Greenwich, Plaza Greenwich | 2 Railroad Avenue |
06/12/09 | FL | Saint Peter Beach, The Beach Theatre | 315 Corey Avenue |
06/12/09 | TX | Dallas, Highland Park Village | 32 Highland Park Village |
06/12/09 | TX | Plano, Angelika Film Center | 7205 Bishop Road |
06/18/09 | CA | Santa Rosa, Rialto Cinemas Lakeside | 551 Summerfield Road |
06/19/09 | CO | 110 Broadway | |
06/19/09 | ID | Boise, The Flicks | 646 Fulton St. |
06/26/09 | AZ | Scottsdale, Harkins Camelview | 7001 E Highland Ave |
06/26/09 | MI | Detroit, Landmark Main Art Theatre | 118 North Main St., Royal Oak |
06/26/09 | CAN | Waterloo, Princess Cinema | 6 Princess Street West |
06/26/09 | CT | New Haven, Criterion Cinemas | 86 Temple Street |
06/26/09 | PA | Philadelphia, Ritz at the Bourse | 400 Ranstead Street, Philadelphia |
07/03/09 | KS | Kansas City, Rio Theatre | 7204 W 80th St |
07/03/09 | MO | Kansas City, Tivoli Theatre | 4050 Pennsylvania Ave |
07/03/09 | PA | Gettysburg, Majestic Theatre | 25 Carlisle Street |
07/03/09 | TN | Nashville, Belcourt Theatre | 2102 Belcourt Ave. |
07/09/09 | PR | San Juan, THEATER TBD | |
07/10/09 | WI | 430 N. Midvale Blvd | |
07/16/09 | NC | Southern Pines, The Sunrise Theater | 250 NW Broad Street |
07/17/09 | AZ | Tucson, The Loft Cinema | 3233 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson |
07/17/09 | FL | 25 SE 2nd Place | |
07/17/09 | MD | Baltimore, The Charles Theater | 1711 North Charles Street |
07/17/09 | TX | 9828 Great Hills Trl | |
07/14/09 | NM | Santa Fe, UA DeVargas Mall 6 | 562 North Guadalupe |
07/25/09 | WA | Olympia, Capitol Theater | 206 5th Avenue SE |
07/31/09 | KY | Louisville, Village 8 Theatres | 4014 Dutchmans Lane |
EVENTS | |||
03/27/09 | IE | Belfast Film Festival | |
03/29/09 | UK | London, Ciné Lumière | |
05/03/09 | FL | Miami GLFF | |
07/02/09 | MO | Kansas City GLFF |
Little Ashes deals with Dali during his academy days, forging friendships with his peers, filmmaker Luis Bunuel and poet Federico Garcia Lorca. Is that a wise focus?
I wasn't sure what story they would weave together because there are so many stories in Dali's life, so many associations with so many different people in different contexts: from Spain, to Picasso and the surrealists in Paris, his connections to the United States, Hollywood, the Beatles, the Pope, (Francisco) Franco, the king of Spain. . . . But I think this was a good filmic choice, to choose a moment of formative intersections, connecting to these other artists who hold great interest for the public.
Especially with Lorca, whom the movie depicts as sharing a homoerotic romance with Dali.
First of all, it's not known if they were lovers. Dali was always ambiguous about it. I don't think there's anything documented about Dali having homosexual relations.
He did have a great deal of curiosity about other people's sexuality. He liked being voyeuristic. These other things are not known, but one imagines from the elasticity in his own identity that he could have been bisexual.
I'm sure that will surprise fans of Robert Pattinson (Twilight), who plays Dali. What did you think of his portrayal?
He did a good job of capturing that noncommittal aspect of Dali, who wasn't committed to the Lorca relationship, nor was he fully withdrawn; he vacillated.
What we're told about Dali — and this is the place where (the film) may have overstepped a bit — is that he was really reticent about any kind of physical contact. They did a good job establishing his reticence, that ambivalence he had about connecting with others.
I was surprised that the movie, at least in early scenes, portrays Dali as socially awkward, not the brash artist we know best.
As (Dali) describes it, he had a lot of social unease. When he met (artist) Paul Eluard and his wife, Gala (who later married Dali), they came to visit and apparently Dali used to laugh uncontrollably, get almost hysterical. Gala, he claims, was the calming influence in his life.
Little Ashes is fairly conventional filmmaking, although Dali's art and life were anything but conventional. How do you think he would feel about this movie?
Dali was famous for saying: "The more confusion, the better." To the extent that the movie shows a confused view of his sexuality, I think he would applaud it.