PHIL TIPPETT Interview | Making Stop-Motion Epic 'Mad God'

Screen Realm's (screenrealm.com/) Adam Fleet talks to visionary Oscar & Emmy Award-winning stop-motion animator and special effects supervisor Phil Tippett (RoboCop, Starship Troopers, Jurassic Park, Star Wars: A New Hope) about his stop-motion animated epic, #MadGod.
Around 30 years in the making, Mad God combines live-action and stop-motion, miniature sets and other innovative techniques to bring Tippett's wholly unique and grotesquely beautiful vision to life.
Mad God will arrive exclusively to ‪@shudder‬ on June 16.
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[@pijvestiemel]

He made starwars on lsd, but he made mad god sober?! im confused..🤐

[@zxbc1]

Artistic brains work in mysterious ways.

[@imyourdad9642]

As a sober person, this actually makes so much sense lol

[@gleeeshee]

😂

[@SecretSoundSociety]

@@imyourdad9642 how would you know the difference without a comparison? That's like understanding a joke about a color you Hypothetically have never seen

[@raylynlucas5729]

Plot twist: He made this movie sober because he's actually god with the white beard and wanted to show humanity what he's capable of but instead he changed his mind this time did it in an artistic vision thru stop motion.

[@alienbob21]

Mad God is just a unique and amazingly beautiful film. It is truly a work of art.

[@shelbyhunkler9259]

Just saw this on Shudder and am kicking myself that I did not see it on the big screen. Fabulous!

[@NobuhikuObayashi]

Undeniable on the big screen, stunning!

[@legoguy3299]

I have no words other than it's a perfect view

[@CeeLoGreen666]

Seeing it this Friday in theaters and I'm excited beyond words

[@ScreenRealm]

@@CeeLoGreen666 What did you think of it?

[@CeeLoGreen666]

@@ScreenRealm best movie I've seen in a long long while. The experience lived up to the hype and then some

[@aschrisdecays]

Phil thank you! There has never been something more important in art than MAD GOD. In a time of endless CGI waste, useless celebrity bs, etc. people who crave these absurd and beautiful creations prayed and you answered. So much potential and endless imagination in this project left me feeling propelled!

[@mcdonols]

Mad God blew my mind! Haunting and beautiful. Really glad he got to finish it.

[@neeharavi]

Love how Tippett has absolutely no interest in looking straight ahead haha. He's in his own zone

[@NobuhikuObayashi]

So glad I saw it on the big screen, absolutely incredible experience

[@fartspoo4244]

I could have listened to that interview for hours

[@jeremywhitesell2688]

I found out about this 25 years ago. Did not expect to see it ever. Glad its out. Noone beleived it would ever see the light of day. Thanks Phil for finishing it.

[@philyeary8809]

Holy shit.... I need to see this. Phil Tippett and Ray Harryhausen are my influences for The Devil Dogs of Kilo Company, a film I did stop motion for. As for violence toys, Kenner's Alien 1979 comes to mind.

[@TheCcmarine]

Amazing artist and I was really blown away by the film! No one these days has that type of dedication and passion for the art they make! Thanks for your hard work Phil it was so worth it in the end. The film came out fantastic!!💀

[@warriorsorb1111]

I didn't know about this masterpiece of a film until I saw the Shudder trailer and got to check it out. The film did not disappoint. I absolutely LOVE it! I aspire to come up with my own stopmotion film but I gotta do some learning on the go.

[@aheenobarbushenocied9880]

Mad God is amazing. So cool to hear from the man himself.

[@madramblings4348]

We are truly lucky to have Mad God. Especially as horror fans. This is Andrei Tarkovsky levels of beautiful and dense. Cronenberg levels of horrific and surreal. It may be one of the greatest examples of animation in history and I am not exaggerating. I could fill books with praise for this, both the visuals and what it has to say. This film will be remembered.

[@allangray6764]

Playing this at my bar tonight

[@patientzero5685]

I always wondered why bars don’t have awesome ambience. It could just be my crappy town.

[@michelangelo5903]

i really liked this movie i rented it on youtube for $4! the atmosphere is just insane i don’t even know what kind of art to classify his style as to find more like it lmao. super good movie it grabs you without speaking! there is like 2 lines of dialogue. it kept me really interested never knowing what’s going to happen!

[@davidthomas9190]

A true masterpiece 🙌🏻 The first time I've wanted a hard copy of a movie in many years.

[@SN00PICUS]

I've known this day was coming for Stop Motion! So happy for Phil and the team! I hope to see the same niche achievement occur for the other types of model work.

[@KGBeast.]

Good to see you again Saint Nick

[@neonlights213]

Great interview!!

[@ursidae97]

Stop motion is no longer the feature effect of movies. We can be sad about that or we can create a whole new universe for stop motion to inhabit. This movie was lovely pure horror

[@GataZGinkgo]

Weird to find out he has an american accent. When I first saw the movie I just somehow assumed he'd be british.

[@tadpolerecords]

Excellent interview Adam

[@tristanrussell4599]

Phil keeps looking from left to right for the whole interview lol

[@tommythetrain4288]

Very strange....

[@eladreltuc]

Look left. Look right. Left. Right

[@bethh7356]

Scratch head..

[@TheSurrealist.]

He’s a creative. We’re a weird breed dude. Especially in old age.

[@GennaMontenna]

😂

[@hurricanejose1639]

watching this while being zooted was not a good move lmao

[@UnfetteredImagination11]

I'd love to hear theories about Mad God regarding its story and possibly symbolism.

[@PainElemental]

to us he is a hero and worked on great movies with his talent to him he is just a man doing a job that he loves

[@Kuru.B]

i love this dude and his work its great!

[@NobuhikuObayashi]

Masterpiece

[@cloudmabasa3299]

We want part 2

[@illuminatiCorgi]

I had a ticket to see this in Edinburgh but my god damn car broke down 😫

[@ScreenRealm]

Noooo 😭

[@illuminatiCorgi]

@@ScreenRealm I know 😭

[@sclogse1]

There's a whole lotta goop in Mad God.

[@waynemcauliffe2362]

Drop another tab mate

[@jaytravis2487]

It's gotta be a bit difficult to interview someone who doesn't make eye contact

[@TheSurrealist.]

Could be an autistic thing. I have mild autism and eye contact is difficult for me as well.

[@jaytravis2487]

@@TheSurrealist. dude spent 13 years making a movie on his own so...maybe he hasn't socialized in a while? Interesting how certain parts of our brain grow stronger or recede over time. You've got to constantly tend the garden, so to speak, to prevent weeds from growing and the right parts healthy bearing fruit.

[@0037kevin]

If hes anything like me, he maybe just doesnt like seeing himself on Zoom. Its a jarring experience for me, cuz I dont do it often.

[@mrSbig20]

30 years to build ! Painstakingly done 👍🏾 Lovely animation and amazing but the WAR THEMED STORY not good 👎🏾

[@robinkendall4454]

Lack there of of story I tried so hard to understand anything but to no avail, other than being unsure about huge concepts and society as a theme. Good art, story sucked.

[@christopherlyndsay8611]

The story isn’t meant to be understood. It’s meant to be interpreted, like 2001. Ofc that’s not for everyone tho

[@nikeelitesquad123]

@@robinkendall4454 there's no story, things happen in the film and you try to make sense of them. Just like in real life everything happens and you're the one in charge of putting things in order according to your own experience. To me there many themes, war being one, but things like humanity's attempt at escaping reality through entertainment whether it's violent or sexual in nature (Apartment window scene and also the audience present at the assassin "surgery"). It could be about love and loss as with the mother who loses her child to the monster in the terrarium (which can also be tied to war). Modern life and corporate culture where the lower class is literally made out of the higher ups shit. It could be about organ trafficking literally or more subtly about a ruling class that profits from peoples lives and work until only husks are left. I myself would have loved a focused story with a cool looking character but I see what the artist was trying to create and in the I'm happy to have experienced a passion project that was never meant to be

[@critical9862]

Sounds like "the dude"

[@tlmine8608]

I watched Mad GOD last night, anyway I love "郵政からの物体X” shrt Lol

[@ShadowManV3]

he is really bad at looking at the camera he keeps looking on ether side of it and its so distracting

[@scoon2117]

If this movie weren't so nihilistic it would be amazing. Unfortunately there is nothing redemptive about it. Seeks to disgust and nothing else. Visually striking however.

[@ChannelZero1031]

Every single commenter underneath me has forgotten the Brothers Quay. They're stuff is fucking uncanny. This is just a chip off the old block.

[@KnuckNFutz]

Why does he keep looking side to side? Look straight ahead sir. Lol

[@patientzero5685]

Because he his seeing his thoughts.

[@jdot2844]

There was no story to pick up on and alot of stuff was just wierd made me skip ahead a few times like the doctor tortue scene. If there was story this could have been a Hit.

[@TheSurrealist.]

Or you couldn’t just accept it was a mostly visual experience. You went in expecting a plot. It had no discernible plot, and it was amazing.

[@jdot2844]

@@TheSurrealist. Bro then your weird yourself if you think that is Art lmao. Black panther is Art not this crap.

[@mikegarcia528]

Man said black panther lmao

[@jdot2844]

@@mikegarcia528 these little kids really don't watch the Oscar's last time I checked Black panther has 3 academy Awards for Best music, Award for best production design, Award for Best costume Design. THAT is literally the definition of art 😂 😹 sheesh do your research before you say idiotic shit.

[@yungpurpnugz8066]

LMAO he really said black panther

[@MarmaladeSally]

I think the movie proves he has no idea what he’s doing. Nothing that take 30 years is gonna be anything but a muddled trash heap.

[@amoryblaine3292]

It's a passion project largely focused on the medium of stop-motion. What did you find wrong with it?

[@patientzero5685]

I saw you leave a comment on another video about this movie. I don’t understand why you’re pursuing searches to watch interviews with the creator and film critic reviews; considering how much you don’t like the movie…. Could it actually be that you DID enjoy the movie but it’s filth has made you experience some cognitive dissonance and guilt? Or are you just here to be a TROLL??? God bless