An Oscar and Emmy winner for his innovative special effects work in films like the original “Star Wars” trilogy, “Jurassic Park” and “RoboCop,” Phil Tippett quit Hollywood to pursue an intensely personal vision.
Tippett’s “Mad God,” an 82-minute stop-motion effects film with no dialogue and a violent, dreamlike story, streams on Shudder Thursday following a 30-year struggle to see it made.
It’s no exaggeration to say “Mad God” pushed the creator over the edge with a mental breakdown that saw him briefly institutionalized.
