![]() ![]() But at the core, he always focuses on the characters. Are his stories large and action-packed? Absolutely. It really is something else to look at Brad Bird’s directorial work now and see how grounded he’s remained. A CIA agent arrives, bedtimes are missed, and plenty of chaos ensues, culminating in a hilarious, beautiful, and heartwarming story. Instead of panicking, Hogarth develops a bond with the giant and even gives him shelter in the nearby scrap yard, overseen by a ripped-out-of-the-50’s artist named Dean. One night, he discovers the titled robot hunting down scrap. The Cold War is going on and somehow Hogarth is gleefully curious to everything strange and unknown, as proven by his late night viewings of classic science fiction films. The atomic bomb threat looms heavily over the town, but kids treat it about as customary as pledging allegiance to the flag. ![]() In it, we find a young boy, Hogarth, living in paranoid, yet tranquil Maine in 1957. For those unaware, ‘ The Iron Giant‘ is based on the novel ‘The Iron Man‘ by Ted Hughes. ![]()
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