We’ve got new preview clips of Little Ashes, upcoming biopic movie starring Robert Pattinson as Dali the Spanish painter:

Nice to see Robert Pattinson in such a role: he may play the role of Edward the manly vampire in Twilight but he isn’t afraid to pass for queer as Dali in Little Ashes (can’t say he is a protean actor for doing this though: Robert Pattinson looks indeed quite natural in this role… not saying that he’s gay, but…)

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Here the first official poster of Little Ashes, a movie dealing with the strange relation the surrealist painter Dali (Robert Pattinson) had with his male friend Lorca (Javier Beltran):

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LITTLE ASHES

Three rebels willing to take on the world.
Two lovers risking it all.
One story, untold until now.

Take Brokeback Mountain and transpose the movie to Spain in the first half of the 20th century and replace the cow boys by Spanish artists, namely Dali the painter and Lorca the poet: that’s a fair description of the movie Little Ashes!
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Little Ashes is upcoming movie starring Robert Pattinson as Dali. It dwells on the special relationship the surrealist Painter had with some of his close male friends.

Below the first Little Ashes trailer:

Little Ashes Movie

This movie was probably filmed before or in parallel to Twilight. I hope Robert Pattinson will never get cold feet because of his new twilitesque success and that he will still dare to nicely surprise with movies such as Little Ashes.
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Robert Pattinson, the 107-years-old-but-still-virgin vampire from Twilight, is playing the lead role of Dali in Little Ashes an upcoming drama shedding light on the closet relationship the famous surrealist painter may had have with his male friends. The film is directed by Paul Morrison and is starring Javier Beltran, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell and Arly Jover Little Ashes should be released in Spring 2009, no official date yet.

Here below two clips of the Little Ashes movie:

Plot:
“In 1922, Madrid is wavering on the edge of change as traditional values are challenged by the dangerous new influences of Jazz, Freud and the avant-garde. Salvador Dali arrives at the university; 18 years old and determined to become a great artist. His bizarre blend of shyness and rampant exhibitionism attracts the attention of two of the university’s social elite – Federico Garcia Lorca and Luis Bunel. Salvador is absorbed into their decadent group and for a time Salvador, Luis and Federico become a formidable trio, the most ultra-modern group in Madrid. However as time passes, Salvador feels and increasingly strong pull towards the charismatic Federico – who is himself oblivious of the attentions he is getting from his beautiful writer friends, Margarita. Finaly, in the face of his friends’ preoccupations – and Federico’s growing renown as a poet – Luis sets off for Paris in search of his own artistic success. Federico and Salvador spend the holiday in the sea-side town of Cadaques. Both the idyllic surroundings and the warmth of the Dali family sweep Federico off his feet. Salvador and he draw closer, sharing their deepest beliefs, inspirations and secrets, convinced that they have found a kind of friendship undreamt of by others. It is more that a meeting of the minds; it is a fusion of souls. And then one night, in the phosphorescent water, it becomes something else…” (Source: IMDb)

There are two interesting quotes related to this movie that are worth a read. The first is from Dali denying ever entering a relationship with his friend Lorca:

And the second quote is from Scriptwriter Philippa Goslett justifying her decision to depict the affair between Lorca and Dali as fact:

By the way the movie takes its title from Salvador Dali’s 1927-28 painting Cenicitas (Little Ashes). It was originally called The Birth of Venus, before being changed to Sterile Efforts and then finally Cencita:

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Maybe the relation between Edward and Jacob in twilight was of the hurting kind too before Bella came in? Joking. Robert Pattinson’s performance in Little Ashes shows that this actor is more than the only product of twilight: he was talented before the romantic vampire film and probably has a long movie career ahead of him. Don’t forget about the movie Little Ashes when it’s released!
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