Dalí’s Lost Giraffes Gallop Back on Screen with a Digital Twist

A film too surreal for 1930s Hollywood is finally getting its day—thanks to artificial intelligence. Salvador Dalí’s wild screenplay, Giraffes on Horseback Salad, once rejected for being too bizarre even for the Marx Brothers, is being reimagined with Google’s Veo 2 video platform. Rather than a strict remake, this project aims to channel Dalí’s original dreamlike vision, reviving a love story between a Spanish aristocrat and a mysterious “surrealist woman.” The screenplay’s journey is as eccentric as its plot: thought lost for decades, fragments resurfaced in Dalí’s archives and a handwritten notebook at the Centre Pompidou, inspiring a graphic novel before this digital revival. Now, with support from The Dalí Museum and creative partners, AI is transforming Dalí’s words into moving images—letting the artist’s imagination leap beyond the canvas and into the uncanny realm of film. Sometimes, the most outlandish ideas just need a few decades—and a little code—to come alive. #SalvadorDali #Surrealism #AIArt #Culture