Review Fix Exclusive: Bill Plimpton Talks ‘Revengence’

April 13, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Film 0

Review Fix chats with Academy Award nominated filmmaker Bill Plympton, who discusses his newest film, “Revengence,” as well as his creative relationship with Jim Lujan and how Kickstarter has played an integral role in his career.

For more information on “Revengence,” click here.

Review Fix: Can you tell us what makes this film different from your slew of other animated features?

Bill Plympton: REVENGEANCE is very different from my other films because visually, it’s closer to Jim Lujan’s look, which is more simple, naive, and crude – which I love. Also, it’s the first time I’ve used another person’s script to create a feature film, and I love it.

Review Fix: What do you think makes your artistic voice unique?

Plympton: I’m very independent compared to other animated feature creators, I use my own money to finance my films and that gives me the luxury to make the films when I want and how I want – no one can make me change the film from my vision.

Review Fix: What was the development process for this film like?

Plympton: I called Jim Lujan on the phone after seeing his DVDs of short films and asked if he wanted to do a feature film together. He said yes, then he took about a month to write a script. After, I wrote out a rough storyboard, then a much more detailed 250-page storyboard. Jim approved it, and I began drawing the animation. I’ve animated about 1/3 of the film so far.

Review Fix: What do you think you learned about yourself through this film?

Plympton: That I need to let Jim Lujan write all my scripts – he’s a genius.

Review Fix: How do you want it to affect people?

Plympton: I hope they laugh.

Review Fix: How has Kickstarter played a role in your career and this film?

Plympton: Kickstarter has given me the freedom to spend more money on the film where it’s needed, and make the films more professional. Also, through Kickstarter I’ve been able to gather more fans to help spread the word about the film. My executive producer, Adam Rackoff convinced me to first try Kickstarter about four years ago. He spearheaded all three of my Kickstarter campaigns, including this one. He’s a crowdfunding guru.

Review Fix: What’s next for you?

Plympton: I’m working on a mockumentary about Adolf Hitler’s love of animation and how he became the Walt Disney of Europe.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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