Disney’s Destino
p2pnet.net OT News:- Today, it’s hard to believe. But back when the Walt Disney company was more than just a dollar-earner, it worked with Salvador Dalí on a six-minute animated cartoon.
Now, 60 years on, Destino will feature in a Tate Modern exhibition about the Spanish artist’s fascination with film, says the BBC.
To, “a song of love lost and rediscovered, a woman sees and undergoes surreal transformations,” says a 2003 IMDb post.
“Her lover’s face melts off, she dons a dress from the shadow of a bell and becomes a dandelion, ants crawl out of a hand and become Frenchmen riding bicycles. Not to mention the turtles with faces on their backs that collide to form a ballerina, or the bizarre baseball game. From the melting clocks and hourglass sand, to the figure rendered in strips, to the character covered in eyeballs, the style and themes of Dalí are clearly recognizable throughout.”
Destino was storyboarded by Disney studio artist John Hench and Dalí for eight months in late 1945 and 1946, says the Wikipedia, adding, “The Walt Disney Company, then Walt Disney Studios, was plagued by many financial woes in the World War II era. Hench compiled a short animation test of about 18 seconds in the hopes of rekindling Disney’s interest in the project, but the production was no longer deemed financially viable and put on indefinite hiatus.”
Wonder how long it’ll take to show up online?
Also See:
BBC – Tate to feature Disney Dali film, January 19, 2007
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