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Billy Corgan

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The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Leslie Iwerks | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

Exactly.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Leslie Iwerks | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

So it's just striking when you see it visually.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Leslie Iwerks | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

So I think it's a beautiful visual representation of just the madness of the whole.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Leslie Iwerks | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

Also, can you talk a little bit about, because the footage was all silent and your decision to sort of create a, and what struck me, and maybe you don't make this connection, is, you know, your grandfather was so intimately involved with the Silly Symphony and this idea of merging music and sound.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Leslie Iwerks | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

And here you are all these years later taking this silent footage.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Leslie Iwerks | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

And basically building a, not just a musical soundtrack, but a soundtrack of special effect sound.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Leslie Iwerks | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

But, you know, steam hammers and to create the virtual immersion into the building of this thing.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Leslie Iwerks | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

When we said it, it kind of struck me because I thought, well, that's really interesting, right?

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Leslie Iwerks | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

That's what I'm saying.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Leslie Iwerks | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

I thought, wow, that's kind of funny.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Leslie Iwerks | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

And it was... It's seamless because...

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Leslie Iwerks | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

I only know after I watched the doc that it was silent.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Leslie Iwerks | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

Yeah, and it was funny.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Leslie Iwerks | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

At no point did I think it didn't feel strange.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Leslie Iwerks | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

So you live in that, yeah.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Leslie Iwerks | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

I'm fascinated with Disneyland as just sort of a kind of a sociological experiment, this idea that he has this dream, he builds this theme park.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Leslie Iwerks | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

And of course, it's turned into a very robust business with Universal and, you know, there's theme parks all over the world now, including Disney parks.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Leslie Iwerks | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

But this idea that it becomes this almost like...

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Leslie Iwerks | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

I read somewhere where many people don't understand about Walt's vision for Disneyland was he wanted you to be in the movie.

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Leslie Iwerks | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

I saw where an Imagineer talked about that.