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Giraffes on Horseback Salad

Salvador Dali, the Marx Brothers, and the Strangest Movie Never Made
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Surrealist icon Salvador Dali and iconoclast comedians The Marx Brothers planned a never-made film that merged their sensibilities in a sublime mashup of absurdity, surrealism, slapstick, and wit. But the original screenplay was lost...until now. This lushly illustrated graphic novel re-creates a lost Marx Brothers script written by modern art icon Salvador Dali. Grab some popcorn and take a seat...The curtain is about to rise on a film like no other! But first, the real-life backstory- Giraffes on Horseback Salad was a Marx Brothers film written by modern art icon Salvador Dali, who'd befriended Harpo. Rejected by MGM, the script was thought lost forever. Author and lost-film buff Josh Frank unearthed the original script, and Dali's notes and sketches for the project, tucked away in museum archives. With comedian Tim Heidecker and Spanish comics creator Manuela Pertega, he's re-created the film as a graphic novel in all its gorgeous full-color, cinematic, surreal glory. In the story, a businessman named Jimmy (played by Harpo) is drawn to the mysterious Surrealist Woman, whose very presence changes humdrum reality into Dali-esque fantasy. With the help of Groucho and Chico, Jimmy seeks to join her fantastical world-but forces of normalcy threaten to end their romance. Includes new Marx Brothers songs and antics, plus the real-world story behind the historic collaboration.

Author Biography:

Josh Frankis author of Fool the World- The OralHistory of a Band Called Pixies, In Heaven EverythingIs Fine, and, with Black Francis and Steven Appleby,the illustrated novel The Good Inn. In his sparetime, he owns and operates the Blue StarliteMini-Urban Drive-In Movie Theatre in Austin, Texas. Tim Heideckeris an award-winning comedian, writer, director,actor, and musician. He is one half of the comedy team Tim& Eric, with Eric Wareheim, known for the TV shows Tom Goes tothe Mayor, and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, as well as thefilm Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie and the popular book Tim &Eric's Zone Theory. Manuela Pertegais a comics artist andillustrator based in Barcelona, Spain. She graduatedfrom the University of Barcelona with aspecialization in drawing and restoration/conservation.She teaches art at Badalona VII, a public art institute, and at La Taca, an art school.
Release date Australia
March 19th, 2019
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
224
Dimensions
185x235x23
ISBN-13
9781594749230
Product ID
28051659

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