Provides an entertaining and humorous introduction to the famous artist, Salvador Dali. Color reproductions of the actual paintings are enhanced by Venezia's illustrations and story line.

Salvador Dali, a Spanish painter and writer, was one of the leading members of the Surrealist movement, an arts movement that often incorporated startling juxtapositions and combinations of objects.

1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art and provides a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. This film explores Salvador Dali's "The Burning Giraffe," completed in 1936 and housed in the Kunstmuseum in Basel.

This luminous biography combines numerous examples of Salvador Dali's work, dreamlike imagery derived from it, and enigmatic appearances by the painter in archival footage. Interviews with art historians and friends of the Catalonian master offer insight into his strange childhood, his turbulent studies in Madrid, and his emergence as a surrealist and pre-pop icon; his ambivalence toward fascism and his relationship with his authoritarian father are...