Quarantine Watch #269: Destino (2003)

This just feels like you are dancing through the most known images of Salvador Dali. It is almost as if he designed a segment of FANTASIA. The animation here is so great and it is great that they were able to complete it, considering a lot of the effect could in no way be achieved in the ‘40s or the ‘50s (at least to my knowledge). Dali is such a specific and idiuosyosincatic mind — it is hard to fathom how anyone could come up with these images in the first place. Dominique Monféry did a great job interpreting it, and I’m sure it was not easy to accomplish. The character design of the woman reminds me so much of Megara from HERCULES that I wonder if she was used as a starting point. Same for the green eyed creature flower things. They look like Mike from MONSTER INC. I loved the music underneath. While it is not as ground breaking I enjoyed this much more than UN CHIEN ANDALOU. I wish he played more with innovative filmmakers like Walt Disney and Luis Buñuel.

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