Teddy B
Salvador Dali and Walt Disney's vision for this film is perfectly followed through and executed with absolute perfection in every frame and drop-dead gorgeous background. The only thing (and this is much more of a nitpick if anything) is how distracting the CGI elements look now. Other than that, Destino is breathlessly complex, stunning, provocative, surreal, and emotional in a very amusingly unconventional manner. A masterpiece that is one of the best shorts of Disney's entire legacy if not THE best.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
01/11/24
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Vitoria F
It is worth watching because it is a work originated by the collaboration between Walt Disney and Salvador Dalí. Unfortunately, as it was only finalized, by the hands of third parties, years after the death of both, the legitimacy of the work is reduced. It is difficult to know how close the final result was to what Dalí had planned. The story told is beautiful, despite the natural difficulty of understanding it, inherent in surrealist works.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
08/02/23
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A visually interesting sort-of posthumous collaboration between Walt Disney and Salvador Dali that remains as such from beginning to end...and offers a more poignant look at what could have been before Fantasia 2006 was cancelled.
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01/23/23
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What do Walt Disney and Salvador Dali have in common? The answer to this cryptic question is the surrealist animated short, "Destino." While the style of this short is fascinating, its 58-year production history is even more interesting. In 1945, a collaboration began that would combine Disney's storytelling with Dali's artistic style. It was storyboarded over an 8-month period when the fallout of World War II took its toll on the economy and permanently shelved the project. With the eventual deaths of Disney and Dali, the project was seemingly lost forever until Roy E. Disney stumbled upon the project in 1999. The completed short only contains 17 seconds of footage from 1945 but keeps the story intact. Before you approach "Destino" with an expectation of a traditional Disney short, the animation looks nothing like Disney. It is more like a combination of cubism and Dali's signature melting clocks. Also, the story is used mainly to tie together the interesting imagery. This film is more like a work of art than a child-friendly cartoon. There are some fascinating visual moments where a silhouetted shape suddenly becomes something else. It's too difficult to describe and worth watching the 6-minute short to see these transformation. The surrealism is further enhanced by the antiquated musical soundtrack that contrasts the modern computer animation. Even though I find the film to be trippy and difficult to follow, I was glad to see it receive an Oscar nomination to bring acknowledgement to Disney for resurrecting this abandoned project. "Destino" probably won't leave you wanting Disney to make another short in this style, but it is worth seeing if you have an interest in Dali's artwork.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
01/21/23
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This project shows the essence of both its authors, every time you pause the short just to perceive an image, it is perfect. Yet, this is the exact problem, those great images change style so fast you cannot appreciate any of the instances, but also the connections between those moments don't show as much effort or beauty. You can see the lack of unity around the pose to pose, you can feel when it's majestic or filler animation.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
02/11/23
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A visually imaginative short that was originally a collaboration between Walt Disney & Salvatore Dali as far back as 1946 & was finalized till 2003 and released as a special feature on the Blu Ray version of Fantasia 2000.
Focuses on 5 major works of Dali & has that subtle Disney touch.
It's a beautiful short that is visually stunning & thought provoking.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
01/31/23
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