In the mid-1940′s Salvador Dali and Walt Disney collaborated to make a short animated film. The film was never completed (budgetary restrictions) and sat in a vault for nearly 50 years. In 1998 Disney hired French animator Dominque Monfrey to direct the project to its completion. The short film, “Destino,” was released to the public in 2003.
This film is by no means a Dali (or Disney) masterpiece. “Destino” feels, at times, almost parodic, capturing the idea of Dali rather than Dali’s ideas. The Dali (let’s-say-esque) landscapes, for example, function only overtly to reference the late surrealists work without innovation. That said, there are interesting moments to watch for; the use of negative space and references to baseball are particularly exciting points. And finally, Armando Dominguez’s score, from which the film gets its title, must be mentioned as it tells the story of love (what else, this is Disney after all) with just enough Spanish whimsey to make you feel like destiny and love are real, or something to that effect.
“Destino” Salvador Dali, 2003/1946, 6 min 46 Sec
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