Dalíland

All I knew about art was from books and magazines, 410 00:24:40,968 --> 00:24:43,768 so being here is kind of like a dream, I guess. 411 00:24:44,335 --> 00:24:46,668 Do your parents know what you're up to in New York? 412 00:24:46,802 --> 00:24:49,135 My mother says seven-layer cake is sinful, 413 00:24:49,269 --> 00:24:51,002 so you can guess what she would say 414 00:24:51,135 --> 00:24:53,335 about Dalí and... and all this. 415 00:24:53,601 --> 00:24:56,469 My father thinks Dalí is a pornographer, 416 00:24:56,601 --> 00:24:58,535 which I love. 417 00:25:04,835 --> 00:25:05,835 Jeff! 418 00:25:05,968 --> 00:25:06,735 Who's that? 419 00:25:07,169 --> 00:25:08,802 Oh, that's Jesus Christ. 420 00:25:09,269 --> 00:25:12,768 <i>Jesus Christ Superstar.</i> He plays him on Broadway. 421 00:25:13,269 --> 00:25:15,302 - Dalí doesn't mind. - I'm so glad you made it! 422 00:25:15,435 --> 00:25:20,469 A new lover will distract Gala, give Dalí more time to play. 423 00:25:20,601 --> 00:25:22,002 Like I told you, 424 00:25:22,469 --> 00:25:24,501 everyone is here for a reason. 425 00:25:25,002 --> 00:25:28,002 You just don't know what yours is yet. 426 00:25:29,302 --> 00:25:30,601 Well, I had a show. 427 00:25:31,768 --> 00:25:33,402 I'm going to get a whiskey. You want a vodka? 428 00:25:33,535 --> 00:25:34,868 Yeah, no. 429 00:25:35,102 --> 00:25:36,002 Beautiful. 430 00:25:37,835 --> 00:25:40,435 Sometimes I get very bored at these things. 431 00:25:42,601 --> 00:25:43,902 But you're not boring. 432 00:25:46,202 --> 00:25:47,735 Do you want to get outta here? 433 00:26:53,203 --> 00:26:54,968 You can't keep doing this, Gala, 434 00:26:55,102 --> 00:26:56,902 this is an impossible situation! 435 00:26:57,035 --> 00:27:01,135 Americans are all porks. Greedy, Grade A U.S. porks. 436 00:27:01,768 --> 00:27:04,236 You fix this, you call Desmond. 437 00:27:04,535 --> 00:27:07,535 People are waiting for me downstairs. Dammit! 438 00:27:08,335 --> 00:27:10,835 James, come in here, I need you. 439 00:27:12,668 --> 00:27:14,568 Take this briefcase. You're gonna need it. 440 00:27:14,701 --> 00:27:17,035 - What for? - Twenty thousand dollars. 441 00:27:18,035 --> 00:27:21,568 Hmm, I shouldn't have said that, but it's all for Jesus Christ. 442 00:27:21,701 --> 00:27:23,035 You'd think he'd have enough money 443 00:27:23,203 --> 00:27:24,402 from that stupid show. 444 00:27:24,601 --> 00:27:25,968 I'm sorry. Can you explain a little bit? 445 00:27:26,102 --> 00:27:27,635 Gala has given her boyfriend, Jeff Fenholt, 446 00:27:27,768 --> 00:27:28,935 the money meant to pay 447 00:27:29,068 --> 00:27:30,302 for Dalí's hotel bill this month. 448 00:27:30,802 --> 00:27:32,701 It costs 20,000 a month to live here? 449 00:27:32,835 --> 00:27:34,601 Well, with room service and parties 450 00:27:34,735 --> 00:27:37,369 with caviar and champagne flowing. 451 00:27:38,501 --> 00:27:41,170 Plus, what Gala loses gambling in Chinatown. 452 00:27:42,236 --> 00:27:45,968 So, take the briefcase to Desmond Carter, this address. 453 00:27:48,236 --> 00:27:50,302 Get the money and bring it straight back. 454 00:27:55,601 --> 00:27:58,868 These are all personally signed by the artist himself. 455 00:27:59,002 --> 00:28:00,035 A few years ago, 456 00:28:00,170 --> 00:28:02,402 I sold a Dalí print for 750 dollars. 457 00:28:02,535 --> 00:28:03,768 Do you know what it's worth today? 458 00:28:03,902 --> 00:28:05,935 - Ten times that. - Excuse me? 459 00:28:06,535 --> 00:28:08,236 Captain Moore sent me. 460 00:28:08,369 --> 00:28:10,469 Yes. He called. Uh, I'll be a minute. 461 00:28:12,535 --> 00:28:14,402 Well, the price is really more than... 462 00:28:14,535 --> 00:28:17,635 Did you know Picasso died last year? 463 00:28:18,335 --> 00:28:19,501 Since then, 464 00:28:19,635 --> 00:28:21,103 the value of his work has soared. 465 00:28:21,236 --> 00:28:24,203 Salvador Dalí is 70, and he can't live forever. 466 00:28:24,701 --> 00:28:26,735 That's awful, making money from someone dying. 467 00:28:26,935 --> 00:28:29,402 It's the physics of art, Mrs. Thomas. 468 00:28:29,601 --> 00:28:31,935 An artist dies and the prices go up. 469 00:28:33,302 --> 00:28:34,668 It's how it is. 470 00:28:35,068 --> 00:28:37,469 Excuse me, I'll be a minute. 471 00:28:40,270 --> 00:28:41,601 Carter Gallery. 472 00:28:45,435 --> 00:28:47,802 Okay, no, we're... we're not open then. 473 00:28:49,968 --> 00:28:52,668 Hmm. Uh-huh. Sure. Sure. 474 00:28:53,136 --> 00:28:55,835 You... like it? 475 00:28:57,170 --> 00:28:59,002 I find it upsetting. 476 00:29:00,170 --> 00:29:02,435 I mean, I can't figure how it's pulling me in, 477 00:29:02,568 --> 00:29:05,035 but somehow it takes me inside of his dreams. 478 00:29:06,735 --> 00:29:08,