Comments on Monsters and Rockets: Dali and Disney's DESTINO completed

Should anyone seek the real thing: see this http:/...

2010-12-27T14:40:24.182-08:00

Should anyone seek the real thing: see this http://www.collectorseditions.com/disney/vitae.php?aID=520Destino

then read 2 books
1) The Secret Life of Dali
2) From A to B and back again.
and if you are still hesitant

see: "Walt Disney - The man Behind The Myth"

Hope this helps in the struggle for the real surreal/ ;-))))

Disney had a very arty side, back in the old days....

2009-07-12T02:22:13.207-07:00

Disney had a very arty side, back in the old days. He obviously had his sentimental, populist side too, but you look at something like Fantasia, and it's obvious he wanted to make real art, stuff that would endure. He became more commercial-minded as he got older, focusing more exclusively on stuff for kids. Dali working with Disney in 1946 is surprising, but it makes a certain sense. Dali working with Disney in later years is almost unimaginable.

The clip is amazing. Like watching Donald Duck and...

2009-07-12T00:51:08.862-07:00

The clip is amazing. Like watching Donald Duck and the melting watches. But when I think back to how much of classic Disney is surreal, the pink elephants dance in Dumbo, the shape chaging giant in Mickey and the Beanstalk--I think there are other examples. It makes sense.
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