Destino is a beautiful Mexican old bolero song that speaks of destiny, timing and love, and the thread of this film. Although created in 2003, this was a joint project of Salvador Dali and Walt Disney, started in 1946 but never finished because of lack of funds. Disney, the company, decided to have it finished to include it in Fantasia 2000. The short fits perfectly with the original Fantasy, in spirit, style, themes and mood, something remarkable because the original creators are no longer with us.Like other pieces in Fantasia and Fantasia 2000, Destino is a symbolic piece that links the music, the visuals and the narrative in very artistic ways. It has many levels of reading and it is up to you what in the story speaks to you, or what the story is about. It was never meant to mean only one thing because, although Dali certainly projected his main themes and visuals into the story and imagery (the world of the oneiric, the subconscious, the Psyche, the Freudian) Walt Disney saw it mostly as a romantic love story. Destino is a contemporary ballet with an exploration of the male and female psyche expressed in a mythic romantic drama.The movie uses 2D animation and is wonderfully Disneyan (what Disney was before it became too commercial), with a beautifully lyric piece that stays true to the soul of the creators and feels as if they had carried it out to the end. Dominique Monfery has achieved something wonderful, magic and respectful to what the piece meant to be.A short film like this might have been mind-blowing in the 1950s, as planned, because the format, language and themes were very hot and innovative at time. They are not as much nowadays, so the freshness is perhaps gone, it feels like a wonderful Disney vintage piece, and that is remarkable, but it didn't touch or move me.

I first time find out for Dali when I was 10,I was in gallery full of his paintings.I was pretty confused because I habituate on pictures I know what they mean.So,it was my first touch with abstract art. And today,I see animated film full of Dali imaginary.I was lost for words.In the first hand i was confused,from first scene,but positive confused.Confused just like when I watched the pictures.I can not tell for sure what is film about.It is like poetic song,everybody see it in another way.There is some nudity in film so,it is for adults.I can tell the film is dramatic and beautifully animated.I will never forgot it. It is worth to see. 10/10

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.