Destino

Destino is an animated short film released in 2003 by The Walt Disney Company. Destino is unique in that its production originally began in 1945, 58 years before its eventual completion. The project was originally a collaboration between Walt Disney and Spanish Surrealist painter Salvador Dal, and features music written by Mexican songwriter Armando Dominguez and performed by Dora Luz. It was included in the Animation Show of Shows in 2003.

In 1999, Walt Disneys nephew Roy E. Disney, while working on Fantasia 2000, unearthed the dormant project and decided to bring it back to life. Disney Studios France, the companys small Parisian production department, was brought on board to complete the project. The short was produced by Baker Bloodworth and directed by French animator Dominique Monfry in his first directorial role. A team of approximatelyanimators deciphered Dal and Henchs cryptic storyboards with a little help from the journals of Dals wife Gala Dal and guidance from Hench himself, and finished Destinos production. The end result is mostly traditional animation, including Henchs original footage, but it also contains some computer animation.The sixminute short follows the love story of Chronos and the illfated love he has for a mortal woman named Dahlia. The story continues as Dahlia dances through surreal scenery inspired by Dals paintings. There is no dialogue, but the soundtrack includes music by the Mexican composer Armando Dominguez. Thesecond original footage that is included in the finished product is the segment with the two tortoises this original footage is referred to in Bette Midlers host sequence for The Steadfast Tin Soldier in Fantasia 2000, as an idea that featured baseball as a metaphor for life. ........

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