They’re running it before Calendar Girls for some strange incongruous reason.
It was incredible, so moving, so beautiful. It was such a surprise to get to see it. I hadn’t heard that it had even been completed. And had no idea that it would be preceding the movie I had just bought a ticket for. Even if you have absolutely NO INTEREST in seeing Calendar Girls it is MORE than worth the price of admission to see this animated short.
My only criticism is that it really doesn’t fit with the feature film they have it attached to. After being completely moved by this deep artistic animated short I then sat through an hour 45 mins. of fluff (not bad fluff- it’s quite entertaining- but fluff none the less). I’m considering buying another ticket (at the matinee rate) to see the short again but leave before the feature.
Anyone else see it? What did you think? Wanna see it???
(Please don’t use this Thread to discuss Calendar Girls, just the Dali/Disney short. Feel free to start another Thread for the other film.)
As bienville says, there was absolutely no advance “warning” whatsoever that a short would be shown before the film. They usually advertise this sort of thing in the newspaper advertisements. I haven’t seen any LA Times Calendar ads, so maybe it’s there, but the LA Weekly ads certainly didn’t mention it.
Perhaps it’s because Roy Disney had his name in the credits as the producer, and with the latest flare-up between Roy Disney and Eisner, etc., perhaps The Mouse Co. was contractually obligated to play the short due to a deal made before Roy Disney resigned, but they don’t have to advertise it. I’m just idly speculating here, but I suppose it’s possible.
It is attached as a short feature to Calendar Girls. I saw it on Friday. It was pretty cool. I liked the use of the CGI mixed with the traditional animation. It should have been included in Fantasia 2K or it should be in the next Fantasia.
bienville What would you have had Disney attach it to? Freaky Friday? Pirates o t C?
Hell, I’m just glad they did release it. I was thrilled to get to see it in any forum possible. When experiencing a great work of art, though, I prefer to be able to take some time to process it (this is the main reason I sit throught the end credits when I go to movies, actually reading the credits is secondary).
Going from Destino immediately into the worlds-different Calendar Girls kinda threw me a bit- but don’t get me wrong, I was glad to get the opportunity to see it. I am, however, serious about going back and leaving after Destino.
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Just one little bump. Now that Calendar Girls has been out for a couple weeks, I figure some more folks might have had a chance to see it and might have comments- just wanted to bring the thread out of hiding.
This really was the most thrilling movie experience I’ve had in years!
And now the bump of bitter disappointment:
Mr. singular and I went to see this movie in Bellevue, WA this afternoon, solely because of this thread (since we usually reserve our theater experience for more big-screen worthy fare). No short, before or after the movie. I asked management, just to be sure, and they had no idea what I was talking about. So unless you really want to spend that much on a pleasant little movie that will look just as good on TV, don’t expect Dali, at least up here.
Oh no!
I feel partly responsible. Sorry!
When I saw it in L.A. the short was attached to the feature which I interpreted as meaning it was universally distributed that way. I should have researched it better!
I just did a Google search for “Destino Dali Disney” (try saying that five times fast), and came up with a bunch of news articles on the newly completed film. It’s mainly being shown at film festivals at this point, but will be released on DVD sometime next year.
Here in Chicago, Destino is being shown before The Triplets of Belleville, which to me makes a whole lot more sense than Calendar Girls.
I thought it was a nifty piece of animation, although the woman’s movements felt strange to my eye at times, as if I were watching a really poor 3-D movie. But to see Dali’s major visual themes in action, all in the space of six minutes, was an overwhelming but rewarding experience.
Ditto the Bay Area. Looks like the Landmark chain is doing this in several markets across the country. Have yet to see it myself, but will this week (hopefully).
