Brad Bird In His Own Words
Dutch film editor Kees van Dijkhuizen Jr. put together this nicely edited piece pairing audio of Brad Bird with visuals that illustrate his points:
Van Dijkhuizen’s video combines excerpts from the three audio commentary tracks of Bird’s animated features—The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, and Ratatouille—as well as fragments from behind-the-scenes documentaries on The Iron Giant and Ratatouille.
He points out that Bird has not endorsed the video and the “clips do not represent his opinion on specific films,” but it’s hard to imagine a more thoughtful selection of clips to accompany Bird’s ideas.