The Santa Barbara Independent interviewed Brad Bird about Ratatouille.
The film, begun by another animator, famously became Bird’s reluctant project, which he rewrote extensively and somehow, as with The Incredibles, managed to make larger than mere entertainment. “There are so many things that go wrong that you’re trying to fix. Something’s always on fire and you’re trying to put it out, until suddenly someone says it’s beautiful. Pretty soon, you stop putting out fires. You’re done, and then somebody says they like it. I knew that I liked it, but I might be crazy.”
On February 2, Brad Bird will attend the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and speak at the Lobero Theatre. Visit sbiff.org for details.
Thanks, Guido.
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Last modified: January 31, 2008
I also discovered this interesting bit of news only yesterday when my mom and I were sipping some hot chocolate in a coffee shop. Thank goodness for newspapers….
Thank you for the information, Guido, and I hope that I’ll see some of you there when I go to the event with my dad tomorrow!
— Mitch