Author: Laura Bell
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Ratatouille . Dir. Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava . Walt Disney Pictures. 2007.
The final shot of Ratatouille, the image of a rat in the restaurant sign, symbolises the fantasy of the rat and human worlds crossing, and the idealisation of a rat chef being accepted by human society. However, this is ultimately impossible, as darker themes lurk beneath this image. The sign features a silhouette of a rat…