» Brainstorm RELATED CONTENT WALT DISNEY & SALVADOR DALI Tucked away in the archives of the Walt Disney Studios, was the project Destino. The project was originally a collaboration between American animator Walt Disney and Spanish Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí, Destino was storyboarded by Disney studio artist John Hench and artist Salvador Dalí for eight months in late 1945 and 1946; however production ceased not long after. The Walt Disney Company, then Walt Disney Studios, was plagued by many financial woes in the World War II era. Hench compiled a short animation test of about 17 seconds in the hopes of rekindling Disney’s interest in the project, but the production was no longer deemed financially viable and put on indefinite hiatus. In 1999, Walt Disney’s nephew Roy E. Disney, while working on Fantasia 2000, unearthed the dormant project and decided to bring it back to life. Copyright ©2012 Gatacine. All rights reserved.
WALT DISNEY & SALVADOR DALI Tucked away in the archives of the Walt Disney Studios, was the project Destino. The project was originally a collaboration between American animator Walt Disney and Spanish Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí, Destino was storyboarded by Disney studio artist John Hench and artist Salvador Dalí for eight months in late 1945 and 1946; however production ceased not long after. The Walt Disney Company, then Walt Disney Studios, was plagued by many financial woes in the World War II era. Hench compiled a short animation test of about 17 seconds in the hopes of rekindling Disney’s interest in the project, but the production was no longer deemed financially viable and put on indefinite hiatus. In 1999, Walt Disney’s nephew Roy E. Disney, while working on Fantasia 2000, unearthed the dormant project and decided to bring it back to life.
