Surrealissimo: The Scandalous Success of Salvador Dali (2002 TV Movie)

Mark Gatiss: Louis Aragon

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• Aragon : His failure to arrive must be seen as a dissension!

  Rosey : It must be seen as...

  Bauer : ...his inability to tell time.

• Aragon : [Looking at Dali's "The Enigma of William Tell"]  If I believed in God, I would call that blasphemous.

• Rosey : Bauer, will you begin?

  Bauer : [Bauer hops on to the table and pointS to each person before he speaks]  Knock, knock.

  Andre Breton : Who is there?

  Bauer : The King of England.

  Rosey : Yes, out of curiosity.

  Andre Breton : No, lacks style.

  Aragon : No, I wasn't expecting you.

  Yoyotte : Erm... yes, but in silence.

  Salvador Dali : [to Yayotte]  What is going on?

  Yoyotte : I have no idea.

  Waiter : [to Bauer on the table]  Oi, down!

• Rosey : [Knocks on table before each person speaks]  Velázquez?

  Andre Breton : No, dull evening predicted.

  Bauer : [Knock]  No, too classical.

  Aragon : [Knock]  No, monarch flatterer.

  Yoyotte : [Knock]  Erm... yes, but in silence.

  Aragon : You always say that.

  Andre Breton : [Knock]  What does Dalí think?

  Salvador Dali : [Knock, knock]  Yes, of course, Velázquez. Hmph!

  Andre Breton : Dalí's reasoning?

  Salvador Dali : I would like his autograph.

  Aragon : That answer is not radical.

  Andre Breton : No, it is amusing. Breton recognizes humour.