Thought Dalí was just into melting clocks on canvas? Not so. Turns out he had some interest in the time-based medium of film. The LACMA will make the connection in the “Dalí: Painting & Film” exhibit opening October 14th running through January 6th.

Throughout his life and career, renowned surrealist Salvador Dalí maintained a deep connection with film as an artistic medium. He collaborated with movie greats such as Luis Buñuel, Alfred Hitchcock, and Walt Disney, and created works influenced by Cecil B. De Mille and the Marx Brothers. Dalí: Painting & Film, coming to Los Angeles, the epicenter of film, aims to illustrate the cinematic influences and elements that are present in Dalí’s work as well as the contribution he made to cinema. The exhibition brings together a variety of key pieces from Dalí’s oeuvre, incorporating painting, film, photography, sculpture, and texts. Dalí: Painting & Film is organized by the Tate Modern, London, in collaboration with the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation.