Salvador Dali's connection to Film "As Good as it Gets"

Salvador Dali's works and life have influenced everyone from Woody Allen to Lady Gaga, but one connection to film and media may not be as well known. James L Brooks is known for his work on The Simpsons film, Broadcast News, Taxi, Mary Tyler Moore show and many others. Brooks love of Dali becomes apparent in the Epiphany scene in The Simpsons as shown here, a creation that resembles the well known painting at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) titled: "Persistence of Memory" by Salvador Dali.

You can see the obvious reference when you compare the images.

Brooks is also known for the film "As Good As It Gets" with Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt.

Look at this image of Jack Nicholson as he sits and works on his book as the character Melvin Udall, a misanthrope novelist in New York who resides not far from where Dali lived for 10 years in the

 1960's and 70's.

If you look at the portait on the wall of Udall's apartment, you see an image of Salvador Dali.

Another and very obvious Dali reference in the film takes place when Greg Kinnear's character Simon Bishop is inspired to start creating art again once he sees Helen Hunts character Carol Connely sitting on the edge of a tub about to bathe. Notice the position of the towell on her lap and the position she is seated in and then look at the image below that shows one of Dali's best known works which features a nude Gala, Dali's wife.

"My wife nude contemplating her own flesh becoming stairs,

three vertebrae of a column, sky and architecture"

by

Salvador Dali

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Salvador Dali Libra Zodiac hand signed print 1968

Libra by Salvador Dali

The Scales

September 24 to October 23

Libra is the only inanimate sign of the zodiac, all the others representing either humans or animals. Many modern astrologers regard it as the most desirable of zodiacal types because it represents the zenith of the year, the high point of the seasons, when the harvest of all the hard work of the spring is reaped.

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Tallahassee Community College Showing Salvador Dali

Tallahassee, Florida -September 20, 2012

You won't have to go to the Met or du Louvre to catch a glimpse of some world-class art.

For the next few months, Tallahassee Community College is showing the works of Salvador Dali at its library. It's part of the Dali on Tour Collection. The exhibit contains reproductions of some of Spanish surrealist most famous works such as Geopoliticus Child Watching.

"We are just very excited to have it. It's a first for the TCC library and we are hoping it's the beginning of a lot of fun and interesting cultural events for students," says Deborah Robinson with TCC.

The works are on display until November 15. There are about 30 works all together in the collection .

Salvador Dali Bikini Line Fashion

Another example of Dali's involvement in the world of fashion can be seen in this old footage of a Surreal Bikini Fashion Show

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Joss Stone pays tribute to Salvador Dali in music video

Joss Stone

Click image to see video of Joss's hit song, "The High Road" that features

melting clocks inspired by Salvador Dali's "The Persistence of Memory"

painting located at the Museum of Modern Art in NY.

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