Destino (6:31)
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This started as a collaboration between Walt Disney and Salvador Dali, in 1945. The project was abandoned because of financial difficulties, but it was later resurrected and completed in 2003. (Though I'm fairly sure the first time I was aware of it was when I watched it in 2016.) Anyway... there's no dialog, but there's some good music, and the animation is amazing. Naturally, given Dali's involvement, the whole thing is utterly surreal. And while that's what I love about the film, it's also kind of what makes me rate it lower than it really deserves. I mean, the quality is impeccable, but for me a story is kind of a must. And I have no idea what's going on, here. The internet tells me it's about the titan Chronos's love for a mortal woman named Dahlia, but there's no way I would have figured that out just by watching the film. Besides which, Chronos himself doesn't show up, as far as I can tell, until fairly late in the film. Most of it just features Dahlia dancing around through her surreal surroundings (and becoming rather surreal, herself). Eventually Chronos appears, and it seems that he and Dahlia try to reach each other, but... surreality keeps them separated, I guess. So it's kind of sad, but still beautiful. (Oh, and I need to mention that Dahlia totally reminds me of Asami Sato from The Legend of Korra.) Anyway, I'm glad I've seen the film, and I feel bad about not rating it higher than I do, but... I just don't feel like this is something I'm going to find particularly memorable, in spite of thinking very highly of it at the time that I watched it.