Thursday November 5th, 2009, D

I'm sorry that I haven't been more consistent with doing 5 posts/day, but college is keeping me quite busy. I have decided to try something to help me keep on top of this blog, and also just set a "goal" for every day. Since I am in love with typography, and alphabets (not necessarily alphabetizing things, but... alphabets in general, I will pick one letter each day (maybe not in order of the English alphabet) and I will pick 5 pieces of art that start with that letter, or artists who have a last name that start with that letter. I hope this works out.

The letter of the day is D.

Artists: Salvador Dali, Walt Disney

Title: Destino

Year: started in 1945, released in 2003

Medium: Video/Animation/Cartoon

Run time: 6:30 (minutes)

History

One can only imagine that when Disney and Dali collaborate, the product can be slightly creepy, but because this animation is such a prized find, it is really worth watching. A few months ago, this video was only able to be viewed in a traveling exhibition of the work of Salvador Dali (which I was lucky enough to see), or by poorly shot camera-phone videos by people who were watching it. I am not sure when this official release came out, and I am almost certain that there is still no way to "officially" watch it, but this video allowed me to embed in my blog, so here you go.

One thing I love about this video as a whole, beyond the imagery and animation, is the music. I think the song is very beautiful, but I wish the Disney choir wasn't so prominent in the background. Oh well. Enjoy.