Disney and Dali collaborated to create the brief surrealist trip known as "Destino", and it seems that this film had some long production history that I'm just not going to get into because it's somewhat irrelevant to my views on the film itself. Whatever the original intentions may have been, whatever technical issues may have occurred throughout the years before this film was finally released...they do not matter nearly as much as the fact that this film is absolutely fantastic!The music, the visuals, the plot less odyssey of ecstasy and passion...it's all perfectly placed and constructed from beginning to end, and it makes for a beautifully experimental experience that has moments of love, moments of moving emotional power and wacky surrealist humor. It's short, sweet, and surreal...a real treat! If one of Dali's most brilliant paintings were to come to life, this is exactly what it'd look like, and was obviously probably somewhat of the film's original intention and, no matter how things may have played out over the years leading up to its eventual release, the final product of "Destino" is a blazing rocket ride round the peaks of imaginative, boundless, unbreakable madness, color, and creativity!

This short was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short. There will be spoilers ahead: This is the latter-day result of an unlikely collaboration between Salvador Dali and Walt Disney begun in the 1940s and ultimately set aside and forgotten until rediscovered by Roy Disney and completed almost 60 years later.It's impossible to mistake this as anything but a collaboration between Dali and Disney. While it reminds one of Fantasia, it's likely that the short would have disappeared without a trace had it been completed as originally scheduled. If anything, it's even more esoteric and artistically inclined than Fantasia and Fantasia was widely seen as a flop. As a short it would have set the studio back far less financially than Fantasia did as a feature, but Disney was already starting to have trouble making back the costs of its shorts because Walt Disney had such high expectations from even his shorts. That financial pressure was part of what put this in mothballs in the first place.It would have been interesting to see what the Disney studios would have made of this in the late 1940s-early 1950s. As it is now, this looks for all the world like a series of Dali paintings brought to life and set in motion. Half melted objects, a likeness or two of Dali and other Dali trademarks given the Disney touch make this a fascinating curiosity and the quality of the backgrounds and character designs is magnificent.This is available on the Blu-Ray release of Fantasia 2000 and looks beautiful, particularly in HD. There's also a feature length documentary on the project on the same disc which I haven't seen but which looks to be very good itself. Well worth watching. Most recommended.

This was a fantastic example of the good that technology brings.I was delighted by it and I am thrilled that this dream was brought to fruition.Who ever thought Dali and Disney would collaborate. A must see it is moving art, song, and poetry! And a huge credit to the art world. If you are an art enthusiast, Or if you are enthralled by Disney's darker side, find a way to see it. The imagery is classic Dali. I understand many could be turned off by some of the images brought to screen by Dali in the past i.e. the Andilusian Dog, but Disney's influence is clearly visible. The musical score is haunting and at times Very indicative of Classic Disney scores. If you like animated shorts, the art of Dali, and are open minded you will enjoy this one.

There is no other way to visually match the haunting and lyrical piece, Destino. Utilizing a stunning array of Dali's most iconic pieces, this short tells a very emotional tale. It has left me without words to describe it. Simply, it is beautiful, breath-taking, stunning, and almost lyrical in the fluid change of the figures and icons.The melody will haunt you for days as you struggle to fully grasp this masterpiece.However, it is at times too Fantasia-like, too Disney, and not enough Dali. It can be taken as a superficial composition, but I like to think of it as more, as though Dali knew something that we do not and this short serves to inform us of his secret.