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...Animation is merely a medium,” says writer-director Bird. “The Incredibles may be animated but that’s not its genre. It is an action movie, a superhero saga, a family drama. It’s a film...
Fortunately for Bird, it is being treated as such, but that is due as much to the producers of the project as to the buzz around the project itself; since Toy Story, Pixar has rightfully earned the attention and respect of serious film critics, appealing to thumbs-uppers and thumbsuckers alike. The studio’s well-crafted canon, which also includes Monsters, Inc. and last year’s instant classic Finding Nemo, has had a profound influence on the world of animated film, pushing traditional two-dimensional animation into commercial obsolescence...
...wonderful working on The Simpsons,” says Bird. “They were just about to close down and not many people were concerned with their remaining films...
Though this may come off as a complaint, Bird continues, “I’m actually really happy with my experience with Warner Bros. Because of the studio’s lack of interest I was able to make The Iron Giant exactly how I wanted to and that was the most important thing...
During the making of The Incredibles, Bird was again caught in the midst of a company restructuring, due to Pixar’s recent split with Disney. But Bird isn’t bitter. “I enjoyed working with Disney…I’m just sorry things couldn’t work out,” he says. He adds that the split will probably not affect most of the Pixar staff, as in most respects they were already fairly removed from the Disney studio...