Valeria Marini in Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón (2001)

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One great thing about great art and great artists is that they inspire more great art. Three giants of magical expression, cinematic pioneer Luis Buñuel, poet Federico Garcia Lorca, and painter Salvador Dalí have pooled their legacies to provide the inspiration for Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón (2001), a trippy and engaging excursion into the at times absurd, occasionally hilarious, and always all-too-human diversions indulged in by so-called men of genius. A wild goose chase? A cosmic scavenger hunt? A search for the Holy Grail? Buñuel's message of beauty and joy is that embarking upon the mystical journey toward existence's dazzling mysteries is in itself life's greatest discovery.