Just finished watching Brad Bird’s short film, Family Dog (it’s on YouTube). It was an episode of the old anthology TV series Amazing Stories, if you remember that.
Fascinating. It’s a solid story, very funny in parts, and drawn in a very modern, minimalist style. What’s most remarkable is that it isn’t amazingly brilliant.
And that’s comforting. Brad Bird didn’t start brilliant then flame out. He’s gotten better as he’s aged.