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phil tippett mad dreams and monsters Mad Dreams and Monsters: The Art of Phil Tippett and Tippett StudioPhil Tippett has very kindly signed bookplates for us. The bookplate is tipped into the front of the book. From the publisher: A spectacular and comprehensive authorized retrospective of Oscar winning visual effects master Phil Tippett, founder and namesake of iconic Tippett Studio From Star Wars to Jurassic Park and RoboCop to Starship Troopers, special effects master Phil Tippett has brought his magic to some of the most iconic films of all time.

Phil Tippett has very kindly signed bookplates for us. The bookplate is tipped into the front of the book.

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A spectacular and comprehensive authorized retrospective of Oscar-winning visual effects master Phil Tippett, founder and namesake of iconic Tippett Studio

From Star Wars to Jurassic Park and RoboCop to Starship Troopers, special effects master Phil Tippett has brought his magic to some of the most iconic films of all time. His unparalleled career in visual effects spans more than 40 years, with two Academy Awards, one BAFTA, and two Emmys. This stunning book, published in a beautiful slipcase, celebrates Tippett's career, from early Super 8 explorations through his groundbreaking work with Industrial Light & Magic, DreamWorks, and beyond. While Tippett's first love remains the stop-motion animation that made him a Hollywood legend, he was present at the birth of big-screen digital effects, and his genius has evolved with the times. In 1984 he founded Tippett Studio, which has come to specialize in digital effects.

Packed with over a thousand behind-the-scenes photographs, Mad Dreams and Monsters includes never-before-published stories from the master himself and a veritable who's who of visual effects luminaries--a must-have for movie fans, film students, and anyone who's ever been captivated by movie magic.

By Alexandre Poncet and Gilles Penso

Preface by Phil Tippett

Foreword by Paul Verhoeven

Foreword by Dennis Muren

Gilles Penso has worked on more than a dozen film and television projects in English as well as his native French, including Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011); Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex (2015); and Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters (2019), created with coauthor Alexandre Poncet. Alexandre Poncet is a composer, producer, and director based in France. He has created the music for six films and worked with Penso on the special-effects documentaries Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan; Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex; and Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters. Paul Verhoeven is a noted director of films such as RoboCop, Starship Troopers, Basic Instinct, and Total Recall, among others, and credits Tippett with an invaluable on-the-fly education in practical effects on the set of RoboCop. Dennis Muren is a nine-time Academy Award-winning visual effects artist. He has worked on blockbusters such as the Star Wars saga, E.T., Indiana Jones, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

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G Deery
Alexandria, US
★★★★★ 5
A fun and creepy read.
Format: Kindle
I have never been a huge fan of horror novels, having only read maybe 3 in life. That was until this book was continuously recommended to me via Amazon. I caved and bought the book. For the first time in a long time I was impressed with the recommendation. This book, despite the fun title, starts off as a sad tale of loss and strained relationships with family. Then slowly you get some great humor and the actual horror angle of story. In the start of the book I could see some of the elements that we would circle back to and strong feeling of where we would be in the end. While some of that turned out to be true, I didn't see the character of Mark becoming the heart of book. Louise is great lead and frames the story in the best way. I felt on the same page as her almost all of the way. As for the horror, I would say that it hit my personal sweet spot. Never a point where I was rolling my eyes at the villain's or Louise and Mark's choices. Or never a point where it was gross or gory for the sake or it. Everything felt "earned", no out of left field decision midway to change the whole book or deus ex machina ending. As mentioned earlier this book has a great heart at it's center, and the humor hits in all the right times. If you are on the fence of whether or not to give this this a read, just read it. Grady Hendrix has made a phenomenal story. This was my first of his books and I'm excited to read his others. A great tale of grief, family, horror, and puppets.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2024
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Rhianna Sullivan
Chelsea, US
★★★★★ 4
No big surprises but it'll put you through the gamut.
Format: Kindle
What a weirdly heartfelt, grotesquery of a tale. I haven't had a horror novel drag me through this much emotional goo in ages. Hating characters. Suddenly pitying them. The schadenfraude of watching parts of the story unfold. And all the while just loathing the puppets... I've always had mixed feelings about them (if it weren't for the saintly Mr. Roger's Neighborhood I'm certain it'd be pure hatred). If you like your horror with gore and chaos and a healthy dose of w-tee-eff-ery you're sure to find this one right up your alley. It dragged at parts and more than once I was sure it should have reached it's natural conclusion without what felt like there-for-the-lolz filler. All that said it may have been because I had figured out the conclusion and ending very early and every confirming detail made me ready to get there. Still enjoyable because Hendrix wrote it so well but I did find it predictable. Not a favorite but one I'd recommend to comedy horror lovers for sure.
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Chopinfan78
New York, US
★★★★★ 3
Why is it 400+ pages?
Format: Hardcover
I haven’t disliked a book this much in a very long time. The characters are unlikeable, the puppets are annoying, the child is annoying, and the reason for the family secret (though I understand grief can sometimes make us do weird things) was (for me) unremarkable. For the first 75% of the book it seems like we’ve been lied to and the book isn’t about ghosts at all, that it's about a creepy little puppet possessed by a poltergeist. But then we learn the house and all the creepy dolls, puppets, and taxidermied animals are, in fact, haunted. I won’t tell you by what/who because that will spoil “the twist”. What I will tell you is that it is an unremarkable twist is a story that is too long. The only real enjoyment I got out of this book was when I read the last page. So, why have I given it 3 stars? Because it isn’t a bad book. It just isn’t for me. I wanted a clear ghost story that didn’t involve creepy puppets and uncompelling characters. Instead, I got Pupkin and Louise and Mark. In fairness, though, Mark actually develops over the course of the story. If you don’t mind annoying puppets seemingly possessed by a poltergeist (wink, wink), an MC who continues to deny what’s happening until denial is no longer an option (yes, I know that was the point of that section), family secrets that make no sense, and character conflict that could be easily resolved by just talking to one another, then you’ll probably enjoy this book.
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lianne steffenson
Birmingham, US
★★★★★ 5
Love it!
Great product! Excellent coverage! Will definitely purchase again
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Kathleen Jarboe
Houston, US
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