Hitchcock Chronology: Salvador Dalí
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Salvador Dalí...
1944
August
- Hitchcock has his first meeting with Salvador Dalí to discuss the dream sequences for Spellbound.[1]
- 30th - Hitchcock begins filming the Spellbound dream sequences designed by Salvador Dalí. The sequences take nearly an entire month to film.[2][3]
December
- Hitchcock returns from London in time for Christmas. David O. Selznick gives the go-ahead for Notorious to be Hitchcock's next film.[4] During Hitchcock's absence, Selznick hired William Cameron Menzies to reshoot some of the scenes in Spellbound's dream sequence — when Salvador Dalí finally saw the finished film, he was reportedly very disappointed with the changes made to his designs.[5]
References
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 361.
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 361-63.
- ↑ Spoto gives different dates, claiming Dalí arrived in Hollywood in September and the sequences were filmed in October.
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 279
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 363-64
