Oh, he also did the first two movies in the well regarded Night Dreams series.
I thought Night Dreams were by Andrew Blake?
(Sorry, my 80s are showing)
I have actually been a bit dubious about seeing
Ratatouille
because of my reaction to
The Incredibles.
I liked it, and if I don't think about it at all I can really appreciate it, but the Ayn Randiness (hee) gets to me. Brad Bird clearly feels that most of the world's population is quite useless, and that he himself comprises the fraction of a percentage that isn't.
The next Bond flick is going to have the Palio in it!
I thought Night Dreams were by Andrew Blake?
That would be Night Trips you're thinking of.
Why yes, I do like arty porn on occasion. Why do you ask?
I think Andrew Blake did "House of Dreams" or was there "Night Dreams" too?
Boy, I couldn't disagree more about Brad Bird having any Ayn Randiness to him. Ayn Rand's point was that the truly talented would naturally all be selfish, money-grubbing capitalists who could create a better society without that meddlesome government mucking up their pure vision. Bird's point seems to be closer to Vonnegut's in "Harrison Bergeron," (sp?) which is that society should not restrict the talents of the exceptional. There seems to me to be a world of difference between Rand's "we are your natural free-market overlords" approach and Bird's "don't discriminate against my talent" thing.
Bird's "don't discriminate against my talent" thing.
I haven't seen Ratatouille yet, but the impression I got from The Incredibles is that Bird is really pissed at Warner for interfering with his movie and firing him.
I finally got around to watching my Netflix dvd of Children of Men this morning. Quite excellently done, especially by the director and cinematographer, as well so many of the actors. Clive Owen was fantastic as Theo (his falling apart in the woods was perfectly done), and the girl who played Kee was great.
I didn't even recognize Chiwetel Ejiofor as Luke until I saw some of the extras after watching the movie.
I might have to buy this film.
I didn't even recognize Chiwetel Ejiofor as Luke until I saw some of the extras after watching the movie.
Almost the EXACT same thing happened to me (except it was when the end credits ran). The embarassing part is I had seen him mentioned in reviews and completely forgotten. I kept playing "who is that guy?" all movie.
