![]() ![]() We must work backward in order to see him for what he really is. Though the alien being will come to prove himself as a feeling entity, the story begins from a point of terror. Before we even meet our protagonist (a 9-year-old boy named Hogarth), we're forced to consider the Giant from the perspective of fear. The boat sinks, sending him onto the rocks. After a mysterious object (the Giant) crashes to Earth from outer space, the audience is immediately thrown into a scene of abject terror: A boat captain stuck in a storm mistakes the Giant's huge, glowing eyes for a lighthouse and the full, threatening weight of the being before us is clear. Set during the Cold War - a very real, nonfictional conflict - the atmosphere of the film is one of uncertainty and mistrust. ![]() ![]() Almost immediately, The Iron Giant shows us that it takes place in a world of tension. ![]()
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