Brad Bird Talks Iron Giant 10th Anniversary
BD: What do you admire most about Iron Giant and why do you think it continues to strike such a resonant chord with audiences?
BB: I don't think it's really like any other animated feature. If you were to ask me which part of the film I enjoyed directing the most, it would be the last 20 minutes, because the mood swings wildly between sad and happy, explosively exhilarating and quietly moving, and seems to do so very efficiently. A lot of films have good set ups, but many fail to close the deal at their conclusion. I'm very proud of the fact that we closed the deal.
I think people connect to the idea that we all have dark and light sides within ourselves and that our lives are defined by which side we act on. WE all have power to affect those around us and that can be either a destructive or an uplifting thing. As Dean and then Hogarth say, "You are who you choose to be."
Bill Desowitz is senior editor of AWN & VFXWorld.
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The Iron Giant feature film is one of the few reasons that I haven't given up hope on being a professional animator. I have it on DVD and have watched countless times and I never get sick of it. I find new inspiration in it everytime I watch it. It is a great life affirming movie that avoids all of the cliches that drag so many films down. This film is head and shoulders above the rest and I am so eternally gratefull to those talented individuals for working so hard to make it.
Quite simply...thank you.
JOEL:::"Champy! Brad Bird said 'The meat of the story, to me, was the relationship between this little boy and the Giant.' Champy do we have meat in our relationship Champy?"
Champy: Joel...how can meat be in a relationship, a relationship is an inanimate emotion that is shared between two or more people. In our case two toons... Joel do you see meat in our relationship!
Joel:::"I'll meet you there Champy!"
when i joined this film i was totally brassed off with warner brothers and all the broken promises ..but once we got rolling on this project was the best of all films to work on .good story and great captain .
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