•The hot seat: Brad Bird
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Interview with Brad Bird, winner of an Oscar for directing The Incredibles.
A: The idea that "The Incredibles," a mainstream animated feature, was thought of as provocative was wonderful to me. I was very gratified, though I thought some of the analysis was really kind of goofy. Q: Such as? A: Some pieces compared the viewpoint to the objectivist philosopher Ayn Rand. I thought that was silly and the writers were humorless. I was into Rand for about six months when I was 20, but you outgrow that narrow point of view. Some compromise is necessary in life. 08:21 AM    View blog reactions