Brad Bird on RAY GUN and adult animation
Animation keeps getting filed under kids' stuff, and Brad Bird has bitterly fought that assumption. He calls RAY GUN a major showcase of what adult audiences can get from the medium, and he wants to see the person who says they've outgrown animation.
Transcript (en)
Accessibility to all ages. I think probably five-year-olds are, this is not their movie. Give them five years and it may be their movie. And I think that should be okay. Animation is often assumed to be a children's medium and I've bitterly fought against that. You know, everything from The Simpsons to you know having the Cold War show its face in the Iron Giant, you know, midlife crisis in The Incredibles. And you're trying to bring in... I want to get the person who says, you know what, I've outgrown animation. It's like, I don't need to see it anymore. It's like, no, no, give us five minutes. If we don't hook you in five minutes, then okay. But five minutes, you know?
