Destino

I first saw this short animated film, Destino, a few years ago and loved it right away. It was begun in the 1940s as a collaboration between Walt Disney and Salvador Dali and was not finished until over 50 years later. What I love so much about this piece and much of Dali's work is that there are multiple ways to see things. For example, there is a shadow in this film that could be a bell or a woman, its all in how you choose to see it. There is also a lot of interesting use of negative space in Dali's work which I love seeing. You can look at something and see a totally different picture by focusing on the negative space. Seeing this in an animated film rather than a painting is cool because the artist can draw your eye to the negative space once you've had time to take in the original image so your perception is constantly changing. Another thing that I really enjoy about this piece is that there is no dialogue so you get the whole story through the music and watching the action play out. Even though no one is speaking I feel like I'm getting the whole story from what I see on the screen. I love watching the flow of this film and I think it reflects Dali's work very well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eu-aKQ2dzA&feature=related