Salvador Dalí on his aggressive moustache
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From?BBC In History?on?2024-05-09 11:01
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9 May, 2024
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Kate Samuelson
Hello. Thirty years ago this week marked a historic moment for South Africa: Nelson Mandela claimed a landslide victory in the country's first truly democratic presidential election. When you scroll down, you'll find a copy of an original radio script showing how the BBC first reported on the world-shifting news. Also in this edition is a short film reflecting on King Charles' rollercoaster first year on the throne, and a long read assessing whether 1974's The Night Porter is the most controversial film of all time. But first, here's some fittingly surreal BBC Archive footage of Salvador Dalí, where he discusses the grooming of his iconic moustache.
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VIDEO FROM THE ARCHIVE
A surreal Salvador Dalí interview
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Salvador Dalí. Credit: Getty Images
In 1955, Spanish artist Salvador Dalí – who was born 120 years ago this week – sat down with veteran broadcaster Malcolm Muggeridge on the BBC's Panorama show, where he spoke about the most potent symbol of his artistic identity: his?cartoonishly waxed?moustache.?
"In the beginning of this moustache, I used one very natural product," Dalí told Muggeridge. "Dates, you know the fruit? In the last moment of dinner, I not clean my finger and I put a little in my moustache and it remains for all afternoon very efficiently."
The Surrealist artist, known for his striking, dreamlike images, went on to explain that he now used one "real" French product that was also favoured by the?novelist Marcel Proust. But while Dalí described Proust's moustache as "a little depressing and melancholic", he said his own was "contrarily... very gay, very pointed, very aggressive".
When pressed for more details on his gravity-defying facial hair, Dalí revealed that he cleaned his moustache every evening (allowing it to become soft and droop down overnight) and that it took three minutes to prepare in the morning. Watch extracts from Dalí's fittingly surreal BBC Archive interview via the button below.
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