Looks like today is shaping up to be another ‘Little Ashes Wednesday’. Here is a beautiful ‘Little Ashes’ fan video, made by Victoria. We have posted one of her videos before and I am a huge fan of them. She really knows Dali & Lorca very well and she definitely has an incredible talent in making videos. This time, she dedicates this video to the team behind the Little Ashes Promo Blitz.

If you love this video, please check out all her other videos at her YouTube channel here

Matthew McNutly (who is really really lovely -and I can’t exaggerate that point enough), talks to Digital Spy about Little Ashes and Rob’s role as Salvador Dali. Here is a snippet from the article:

Were you a fan of Dalí and Buñuel before you took the part in the film?
“No, I wouldn’t say I was a fan. I knew of their work – more so Buñuel. I did a module at university of some of his films. I appreciate his work, I think he’s a fantastic director, but I didn’t know anything of Dalí and Buñuel the people, so this film and this script was an eye-opener in that sense for me.”

Do you think Dalí and surrealism in general needs rescuing from its “zany” student poster reputation?
“I think so, and this film will definitely do that. A lot of people who will see this film because of Rob Pattinson will be able to form their own opinions of surrealism. It’ll be a fresh opinion and not one that’s been developed through the elements that have been ridiculed in the surrealist movement. The course of surrealism did possibly last a bit too long and the central ideals were kind of watered down, so hopefully from this film people will research into it and know more about those ideals.”

Do you think there’s a risk that the merit of the film will be overshadowed by Pattinson’s nude and love scenes?
“Possibly to people that haven’t seen the film, but I’m not really bothered about that. If people want to judge it before they’ve actually seen it and judge it on the fact that there’s a teen heartthrob playing the lead then that’s more fool them. I think that the film has got merit of its own through its writing and the cinematography. Hopefully word of mouth will dispel any of that.”

To read the entire article, please click here.

Good morning everyone, I’ve been debating on whether or not to post this clip, but it is really too good not to share. This is the scene where Dali and Lorca kissed. It is quite graphic, but done very very beautifully. And if by now, you’re not convinced that ‘Little Ashes‘ is a really good movie – this clip would show that the filmmakers (and actors) are doing a great job making this scene both intimate and very artistic.

Please be aware that this is an R-rated clip.

Wow, this clip is my favourite one so far. The ‘kissing scene’ is the best scene in the movie and Paul Morrison (the director) said that it’s the hardest one to shoot. In fact he said that “Any kissing scene is difficult to shoot.” And then, he laughed.

Anyway, after seeing this clip, I can’t wait for the 6th of July to come. And PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me know that the soundtrack is going to be available. From the snippets that I’ve heard online, this soundtrack is going to be a winner. Probably the best soundtrack I’ve heard in a while.

There are two really interesting Little Ashes articles published in Out.Com by Michael Martin.  The first is Love in the Time of Lorca  where he obviously discusses the relationship between Lorca and Dali and has some interesting comments from Javier Beltram, Philippa Gossett and Paul Morrison.  Morrison says:

“I didn’t really know him from the Harry Potter movies,” … “And then he came and did this reading, and he was so lovely and vulnerable and smart in the way Dalí was. If he played Dalí like the caricature we’re familiar with, nobody would care that Lorca was falling in love with him. You’d want to say to him, ‘Get the hell out of this relationship — this guy is trouble.’ But Robert manages to make this guy really interesting from the start.”

Then there’s Golden Age where he interviews Matthew McNulty about his role as Luis Buñuel.   Matthew shares his first encounter with Rob:

“I was a little bit nervous, to be honest,” he says. “Before I went I’d heard a lot about Rob and thought, All right, he’s really good-looking. When I knocked on his hotel room door, there was no answer, and I thought, God, he’s with girls or something. But he was just sitting on the balcony with his computer and a massive Dalí book.

Computer and a massive Dali book – yep sounds like Rob, but I’m sure there was a cigarette in hand too.  If you want to read the full article just click on the titles.

As mentioned in my earlier LA post today, there will be plenty of interviews/reviews for this film given that it is about to be released in the US.  Here’s another one from RadarOnline who had a sneek preview.  It doesn’t really tell us anything more than we already know, and I wonder if they actually paid any attention to the film or have just read all the reviews:

“While this might not the Pattinson most fans are used to, Little Ashes gives him a chance to show his range as Dali, who boomerangs between cocky confidence and insecurity. And not to worry—during the scenes set in the early 20s, Pattinson looks as dashing as ever in suits and slicked-back hair. Overall, Pattinson’s brooding good looks and intensity make the couple’s tortured love affair feel very real—just as they do in Twilight. Be prepared to shed a few tears in this flick!”

Very insightful – but in case you want to read the rest click here.  Really this is just a gratuitous LA post because I love the music from this film and thanks to our affiliate ROBsessed you can listen to the track “Viva La Revolucion”.