the filmmakers speak!

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Watch these exlusive clips of a conversation with Brad Bird, director of The Iron Giant. Brad talks all about the film, the Ted Hughes book the film is based on, the 1950's, animation, and a wide variety of other topics.

Just click the tv's below to watch each part of the interview...we'll be adding more clips, so keep checking back.
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Setting the film in the 1950's; "What if a gun had a soul?"
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On some of the characters in the film
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Brad talks about some of the symbolism and imagery in the film.
brad bird speaks
Brad discusses the 1950's and some of the reasons he thought that that particular time in America would make a good setting for The Iron Giant.
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Brad talks about the way The Iron Giant blends some computer-generated imagery with the traditional hand-drawn animation used throughout the film.
...and there's more where that came from. Check back soon.

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