annaud directed "seven years in tibet."he film its lead actor brad pitt and annaud were all banned from china. he claims he didn't have to apologize and says the producers for wolf totem came to him for his seminal work in films like "the bear" and "two brothers." to portray the tussle between wolf and man, they bred three generations of mongolian wolves. you've worked with animals in several of your film. obviously very challenging to do. how were wolves different? >> well they're a pack. therefore, you don't have one wolf in front of your camera you've got several. stow multiplies the -- so it multiplies the difficulty. the beauty with wolves is they've got great eyes. they are predators, therefore everything goes through there. and it's very appealing for a director. ♪ >> reporter: while the thofl is seen by many -- novel is seen as many as a critique of the communist party, annaud focused on the environmental message that he says is critical to a chinese audience. >> thecountry is so industrial, the country is making ev