Film Screening: Spellbound
July 31 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm
Enter a dreamlike world where cinema and surrealism collide, and discover how Dalí’s imaginative set designs helped shape one of film history’s most visually striking sequences.
In conjunction with our special exhibition, Dalí in America, and in collaboration with the Tampa Theatre, we welcome you to a special screening of Spellbound (1945), directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This celebrated psychological thriller is renowned for its surreal visual language and unforgettable dream imagery, featuring an iconic dream sequence designed by Salvador Dalí. Before the film, Museum Curator & Senior Interpreter, Peter Tush will dive into the immense history of Dalí and Hitchcock.
Location: The Dalí Museum’s Will Raymund Theater
Cost: $10
Gallery access is not included.
Built in 1926, the Tampa Theatre is one of America’s most elaborate movie palaces and a beloved community landmark.
Visitors to the Theatre enjoy world-class entertainment under a realistic night sky with twinkling stars, in a romantic Mediterranean courtyard replete with old-world statues, flowers, and gargoyles.
Like other movie palaces around the country, Tampa Theatre was enormously popular when it opened. For the first time in history, the common person had access to opulence — for only 25 cents!
But by the 1960s, times had changed. The rise of television and migration to the suburbs had a profound impact on the movie palaces that lit up America’s main streets. Audiences dwindled, costs rose, and many of our nation’s finest movie palaces were demolished.
In 1973, Tampa Theatre faced the same fate. But Tampa’s citizens rallied, community leaders got involved, and a deal was struck for the City of Tampa to rescue the Theatre.
Today, Tampa Theatre is managed by the not-for-profit Tampa Theatre Inc. As one of the most heavily utilized venues of its kind in the United States, Tampa Theatre’s 1,238-seat historic auditorium and 43-seat screening room host nearly 1,000 events each year, including a full schedule of first-run and classic films, concerts, special events, corporate events, tours and educational programs.
Peter Tush, Curator and Senior Interpreter
For more than two decades, Tush has been a leading interpreter of The Dalí collection and special exhibitions. He develops exhibitions, trains docents and writes audio tours and gallery texts. He has taught courses on Dalí, Surrealism and film, and has presented on topics including Dalí and Hollywood, Surrealism and Women and Dalí’s Ghosts.
