An extinction event has brought an end to Phil Tippett’s dinosaur days. The legendary “Star Wars” and “Jurassic Park” VFX artist who helped bring George Lucas’ galactic mena…
caught up with Tippett to discuss his relationship with Verhoeven, his “disenfranchisement” with Hollywood, and a potential “Mad God” sequel which is already in the works.You’ve been working on “Mad God” for an incredibly long time. What are your expectations now that it’s finally premiering?I don’t know what to expect at all. All of the friends I’ve shown it to have liked it a great deal, but every single one of them has felt the need to tell me, ‘This film is not for everybody.’ It’s unique.
“Mad God” was funded in large part by online donations, is it gratifying that so many of the people who made the film possible will get to see it? Of course. I was really beholden to the Kickstarter people, they made the first three episodes possible to make. Those were approximately the first half of it, and then I went on to finish it off as a feature. It’s now locked in concrete at around 80 minutes.Not for a film that nobody else is paying for! I also got some help from some wealthy friends that gave me some money and allowed me to get over the last few hurdles.Nope. It’s like putting one foot after the next with this thing.
The best I can do is a conversation like this and have people ask me questions. I couldn’t tell you what the premise is, but what I’m looking forward to at Locarno is seeing how people react to the film. I had a screening of the film as a work in progress at MOMA a number of years ago, and I sat at the back of the theatre. There were about 200 people in the house, and I counted 13 that walked out.
Paul turned out to be a mentor to me. I had been a huge fan of all his movies, so I was amazed to work on those films with him. We have very similar world views, I think. We’re both misanthropic, all we have is hope. It’s a far cry from Lucas and Spielberg. It comes from a different place. It all adheres to conventional narrative forms, but his work is much more like an artist putting things together than a commercial filmmaker that’s trying to make a billion dollars off a dinosaur.
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