Thursday, June 28, 2007

On Ratatoiulle and Brad Bird.

Slate.com has a fantastic article about Brad Bird, director of Pixar'sRatatouille. Take the time to view the slide-show which includes short clips of Bird's work, including the overlooked Iron Giant as well as his work on the Simpsons.

By the way, it's rat-a-TOO-ee so if you hear me call it rat-a-TOOL-ee you will know something only a handful of disgruntled French people know: I cannot speak French.

At a bakery in Chamonix, I once managed the first syllable of bonjour before the very pretty and sweet girl behind the counter interrupted me and quickly said: "It's okay. I speak English."

One syllable.

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