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The
never-before-seen animated short Destino has premiered at several
festivals around the world and will be shown exclusively at Landmark
Theatres (in most of our markets) with the animated French feature The
Triplets of Belleville.* |
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Destino is a six-minute film set to a Spanish song, devoid of dialogue and without a linear story line. It follows a dark-eyed ballerina on a journey among strange objects through a desert landscape in a dreamlike atmosphere. It is a love story as only Dali could envision it, complete with images of ballerinas, baseball players, melting clocks, tuxedo-clad eyeballs, ants that turn into bicyclists, and two giant heads carried on the backs of the Fates (represented as giant turtles.) |
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The previously unfinished project, halted in 1946 due to economic hardship, has been brought to fruition under the guidance of executive producer Roy E. Disney (Walt's nephew,) producer Baker Bloodworth, director Dominique Monfery and a talented team of French artists and animators. Destino's origins date back to 1945 when Disney and Dali met at a dinner party at the home of movie mogul Jack Warner. At the time, Dali was working with Alfred Hitchcock on the surreal segment for Spellbound. Dali and Disney admired each other's work and the collaboration was sparked. |
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*Destino will be shown with all Landmark Theatres engagements of The Triplets of Belleville, except in Los Angeles and New York City. In Los Angeles, the short will be shown with Calendar Girls. In New York City, the film will be hosted elsewhere. |