Rock & Rule - "My Name is Mok" by Lou Reed

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Sequence from the Rock & Rule animated feature film produced by Nelvana and released in the mid 1980s. It is villain Mok's big "rock video" which establishes in lyrics how much he thinks of himself - which is a lot!
Over the course of the production the musical acts shifted as deals with talent came and went. Mok's songs were originally supposed be done by Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones) but he became unavailable when his solo album launched. Same thing happened with David Bowie who was next in line - his Scary Monsters album took off making him unavailable. Third time the charm, Lou Reed stepped up to provide the song and music we have here.
This was done as traditional pre-computer cel-animation (early 1980s). All the effects were done optically with some help from Industrial Light and Magic where just off doing the first Star Wars movie at the time.
Design, storyboards, animation layouts and posing by Verne Andru.
Directed by Keith Ingham with animation by Robin Budd.
Music by Lou Reed. Visual effects by ILM.
From Nelvana's animated feature "Rock & Rule." Used by permission.
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@jhetttiernan2623 Год назад

Only Mok can be so charismatic while looking like a human cigarette

@motorganism 4 месяца назад

The his made me giggle, thank you

@DigitalCoffee08 18 дней назад

And now I can’t unsee it.

@dalgonadraws 4 года назад

I swear to god his lips are its own character

@silverdays2909 4 года назад

I can't look away

@christiancamaro5263 4 года назад

Apperently it took longer to animate his face mostley the lips than it did to animate the rest of the movie.

@The-official-knudschannel 4 года назад

What type of makeup is he using!?

@paradoxgeist6480 4 года назад

I want a tattoo of the lips

@MFO86 4 года назад

@@The-official-knudschannel Maybe he's born with it...maybe it's Maybelline.

@lizzychrome7630 4 года назад

The most shocking thing is that he's not voiced by Tim Curry

@polaris30000 4 года назад

You know, I would be down for a remake with Tim Curry doing the voice over.

@jaysonklein6018 4 года назад

@@polaris30000 considering that Tim is still recovering from a stroke... I'd rather he heal.

@nothing-but-milk 4 года назад

He kinda looked like jager to me

@ColtComanche 4 года назад

Nothing-but- Milk He was who the character was based on and first choice for voice, David Bowie was second, Lou Reed was third.

@nataliegill4656 4 года назад

Lizzy Chrome who plays him?

@daneyal7162 4 года назад

He looks like an old, vampire mozart...

@tylerrobles9935 4 года назад

why does this guy excel at being an antagonist? seriously he is the greatest kind of bad guy I've ever seen

@BasileosHerodou 3 года назад

@@tylerrobles9935 because he bas character depth without being a pity character?

@ATEG8374 3 года назад

He looks like Jeffree Starr as a morphine-addicted rock star

@Halloween111 7 месяцев назад

Fun Tidbit: Mok was drawn with Mick Jagger specifically in mind to voice him and do the singing parts. (That's why his lips are their own character) For whatever reason, he couldn't do it and Bowie couldn't either so Don Francks did the dialogue and Lou Reed the vocals. Susan Roman did the dialogue for Angel and Debbie Harry the vocals. "Angel's Song" would be the framework she used for "Maybe Just For Sure" on the Def Dumb & Blonde album.

@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180 6 месяцев назад

He looks like Iggy Pop mixed with Steve Tyler... Which isn't far from what you described

@akhenatenwasawesome 10 лет назад

watching this with a fever was the worst decision of my life

@MegaLangosta 10 лет назад

@dostfez 10 лет назад

HA!...I can only imagine...kudos to U!

@christopherdavid2363 9 лет назад

akhenatenwasawesome ... OR BEST!

@Soviless99 7 лет назад

I dont understand im just getin over a fever and ive watched to movie 7 times

@oblexoblexoblack4804 6 лет назад

I feel ya paint man.

@bazinga8203 5 лет назад

“I’m the power Sodom used on Lot” is such a cool fucking line

@pommel8263 6 месяцев назад

It really is, and it makes the rest of the song seem so shallow and garish in comparison. Well, more so than it already actually is lol

@user-lb9xw4xf2q 5 месяцев назад

True, but the pedant in me is confused by what it means, since it was an archangel sent by God who turned everyone into salt, and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah didn't have any kind of "power" beyond being filled with lechers and hedonists.

@joekerr3215 5 месяцев назад

@@user-lb9xw4xf2q \ Lot had chose to live in the city because of how beautiful and prosperous it appeared, overlooking its depravity and choosing to follow the wealth he could gain from it. In other words he was seduced by something evil kind of what Mok references in this line. He's basically saying I have the power to make you want me even though I'm a walking red flag. Its interesting because in the scene after this line there are statues of people crumbing reminiscent of lots wife who turned into a pillar of salt after looking back at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Such a fascinating little movie shame it never did well.

@pommel8263 5 месяцев назад

@@user-lb9xw4xf2q the other replier kind of nailed it, Lot chose to live there and remain there until angels of the Lord came to him. Indeed, instead of rebuffing the predatory men entirely as a Godly man aught, he simply offered his daughters in the stead of the angels. Evil company corrupts good morals. This line is made all the more fascinating because it encompasses this chipping away at Lot’s morals by the ppl he lived amongst, by personifying the town, and given Mok’s other biblical references through out this song, it all seems to play into his vanity and lust for power, while reveling in his own depravity

@pommel8263 5 месяцев назад

@@joekerr3215well put!!!

@neohinhin2372 8 лет назад

My name is (David Bowie's and Mick Jagger's lovechild) Mok. Thanks a lot.

@myautobiographyafanfic1413 7 лет назад

Reed daddy to both of them.

@AuroraGriffin 7 лет назад

It's funny you mention Mick Jagger, because I read somewhere that Mok was supposed to be a parody of him. The article said his full name was "Mok Swagger". And, apparently, Mick Jagger didn't take kindly to this.

@LukSter18998 6 лет назад

Well, they were caught in bed together...

@valdezsaihttam5871 6 лет назад

And Lou Reed of course

@zaparoonyzap7607 6 лет назад

Actually, his full name was "Mokiiligan Swagger".

@jeffpotipco736 5 лет назад

Remember, evil spelled backwards is live, and we all want to do that!

@nyokoSalome 4 года назад

;) re-mem-ber kids... beeee goood!

@sorchatheraven 4 года назад

B-but Uncle Mickey sayz..

@Mystickrage 4 года назад

@@sorchatheraven Shut Up..... Talk To Me!

@Deadeye313 4 года назад

Are we the baddies?

@yonipwr 4 года назад

Yes, let me murder children and drink the blood of the innocent.

@PsychoJosh 4 года назад

Hardest things known to man: 5. Quartz 4. Topaz 3. Corundum 2. Diamond 1. The bassline on this fucking song.

@Earthdogbonzo3 Год назад

That Bass-Line rules! This Song fucking rules!

@ZeroMod Год назад

Hard like attitude for sure, but not hard to play! Love it - a very sly compendium of tasty RnR phrases. I learned it for the fun of it but doubt I will run into anyone who even knows this movie 😁

@lizkenn1144 Год назад

@@ZeroMod I would so love to jam with you on this one 😁

@palladinmentalist4497 5 месяцев назад

Какой же он страшный!

@shizukagozen777 4 месяца назад

😅😂😂

@lukevankleef4245 6 лет назад

You know, considering how much modern rap stars sing about their own ''greatness'' I don't think its entirely unbelievable for Mok to have an actual career in the real world.

@LibraGamesUnlimited 6 лет назад

That's how ahead of the times this movie was. :)

@Javert2012 6 лет назад

yeah and since this is a dystopia, you can relate to him as a modern self-worshipping sect leader.

@SomethingBizzare60 5 лет назад

Considering how many rock stars embraced megalomania and idolized their own greatness I don’t think it’s entirely unbelievable for Mok to have a career in the 80’s, the most shameful and indulgent era of popular rock music

@danielingraham8487 4 года назад

@bmk777k my name is Mok I do pot and rock

@gatsmen2200 4 года назад

If evil backwards is live doesn't that mean live is the reverse of evil?

@pixelsbykris5494 4 года назад

I love how the girls are in shadow despite being under spotlights. It could either be because it's a dream and/or because despite the fact that they're singing, they aren't the stars. Mok is. Also, the animation on his lips is so fluid and amazing. I keep coming back just for those parts alone.

@mutazoia 4 года назад

Ever hear of back-lighting?

@BasileosHerodou 3 года назад

I think its a dream of his music video

@MALICEM12 2 года назад

That and it was just the style of the era, some with their disproportionately long legs

@johnconnor4094 Год назад

Those lips are nightmare fuel

@collenrung5009 Год назад

I'm positive it's because Mok is the star, he's the show case. Not backup singers, it's awesome how they portrayed that. That's really perceptive of you.

@BeefheartLynch 8 лет назад

Whoever is playing bass on this song is KILLING it! Long live Lou!!

@Brecconable 7 лет назад

This song has a dirty guitar synth to it, there is something missing though. I think it is obscene lyrics. Otherwise it is fucking sick!

@richarddavidson9177 6 лет назад

That would be Ellard "Moose" Boles on bass.

@aleksandarvil5718 11 месяцев назад

RIP Lou Reed ( † October 27th, 2013 ) ⚰️⚰️⚰️ 😢😢😢🥀⚡🎸

@Frisby2007 6 лет назад

If Tim Curry played a character whose design was based heavily on David Bowie...this would be it. Also, whoever animated the lip sequences for him should be in the Hall of fame for animation.

@Verneandru 6 лет назад

I agree - animator extraordinaire Robin Budd was the lead animator for the Mok character.

@citycrusher9308 4 года назад

@Frank deluca lol

@Fektthis 4 года назад

@@jackatkinson245 Yes, he turned down the part. It was clearly designed to be him not Bowie.

@jackatkinson245 4 года назад

@@Fektthis yep i see

@Fektthis 4 года назад

@@jackatkinson245 should have added... His full name is Mok Swagger... Kind of another dead give away

@florpleborp2275 4 года назад

They way they showed his hyper-narcissistic personality in his songs is actually pretty impressive. Shame this movie did so poorly just because of some big monopoly company ruining it and messing up how they marketed it. (CHECK THE REPLY AS WELL!)

@Verneandru 4 года назад

Thanks. To be fair, Nelvana delivered the film years late and millions over budget without a name headliner like Mick Jagger (as promised), plus the people inside UA who were championing it had left. I'm disappointed in how it was released as well, but the blame needs to be spread evenly to be fair to those involved.

@emerpus01 Год назад

I was in middle school at the time and was aware of it from marvels publicity of their adaption (get it!!!) but never saw any sign of the movie until it hit hbo. At which point me and all my friends watched it several times.

@collenrung5009 Год назад

What did happen ? It's an awesome film and soundtrack!

@collenrung5009 Год назад

Yeah I totally forgot! I didn't know about the comic adaptation, but I guess I saw it originally long time ago on HBO. That was so long ago I forget about HBO and Nickelodeon just starting out. Nickelodeon had some cool stuff when they 1st started , like Third Eye and City of Gold, ect.

@Halloween111 2 года назад

I see all those self esteem building seminars weren't wasted on this guy.

@paradiso123 4 года назад

You might not like Mok, but you have to admit... He's got style

@Bowiiihowdy 2 месяца назад

Thanks alot

@ASR-Ansori 8 лет назад

This movie rocks. This song rules. His name is Mok, thanks a lot.

@warrirornunluv801 7 лет назад

A S R he's the greatest thing since world war three!

@marc80s 6 лет назад

Girls!

@WobblesandBean 4 года назад

The soundtrack alone is worth watching the film for

@alnu8355 3 года назад

Mok's back must hurt from carrying this movie.

@castironchaos 9 лет назад

...the greatest thing since World War Three!

@marc80s 6 лет назад

Girls!

@chrisrj9871 4 года назад

Hard to listen to since January 2020.

@cornixdemetrius7883 5 месяцев назад

@@chrisrj9871It started way before 2020.

@ohhellobethany 4 года назад

THAT BASSLINE IS GOD TIER.

@FeedEgg 7 лет назад

i usually leave youtube on random when i sleep... when i woke up this movie was playing at this exact part....and i had not seen it before.....weird fkn thing to wake up to lol

@reaperproductions7058 4 года назад

*wakes up to hear the words "I'm the greatest thing since world war 3 girls!" as then I see a dark screen with a pair of lips and eyes on it*

@clayisahottie 4 года назад

Mok, in universe wise, is probably the *worst* thing to wake up to.

@ranmakun69 4 года назад

In case anyone is wondering: that is Lou Reed singing.

@ZiddersRooFurry 4 года назад

This movie has had such a profoundly positive impact on my life. It got me into so many different bands, helped inspire me to get into guitar AND art and gave me something to distract myself with whenever I'd feel alone. I'm so grateful for Rock & Rule. Thank you for all the hard work you put into it. It means so much.

@atomsea03 2 года назад

This movie REEKS of the 80s, and I couldn’t be happier

@Octopimp 10 лет назад

This is one of my all time favorite animated movies! Such beautiful animation and great songs!

@WobblesandBean 10 лет назад

I just discovered it the other day, and I'm in lurve.

@Crazyhiena 9 лет назад

Don't tell me you saw it when you were kid?? D:

@moongem4489 8 лет назад

+Octopimp Omg, I was so surprised to see you in the comment section

@rabbit0664 7 лет назад

Octopimp Fityo. Wish more people heard of it.

@kbtechmaster 7 лет назад

I liked it but it always felt incomplete. compared to heavy metal, it's not as good. I just wish that the production teams of both films collabarated. the animation and music and general art direction in rock n rule is so much better but heavy metal has such better writing and depth to it. I wish this genre would make a comeback, mostly. :/

@MatthewSmith-to1hz 4 года назад

Hes like a combination of Marilyn Manson, David Bowie and The Joker.

@tarathompson9506 2 года назад

How could Mok look like Marilyn Manson all the TIME?! Because Jafar is the combination of Conrad Veidt, Vincent Price and Jack Nicholson as The Joker! And Lord Cedric is like The Combination of Jafar from Aladdin, Hades from Hercules, Scar from The Lion King and Tim Curry as the Dark Lord from Ridley Scott's LEGEND! Due to Jafar being based on Maleficent; Maleficent looks like Marilyn Manson's portrayal of VAMPIRELLA! Is Vampirella one of Dracula's Concubines? And do you know who Lord Cedric is?

@adamscott7354 2 года назад

Yah but he's better than Manson, even as a fictional character, given how much that goth shut in abuser got away with it for as long as he did, cancel worthy

@KFrost-fx7dt 4 года назад

He needs to hire someone else to write his lyrics.

@olgalugo8827 4 года назад

I see why his last álbum floped.

@Cross99obx 4 года назад

I would like to think this was his later material that didn't do a whole lot for him 😂

@Funinightmare 4 года назад

Mok looks like the kind of guy who doesn't hire anyone to write anything for him. He wastes his talents on his own ego thinking everything he thinks and does is great and everyone else is wrong for speaking the truth. In other words I believe the songs were intentionally written that way to show his character.

@yadiraaguilar2035 4 года назад

His name is mok and his last album flopped

@mrmemelord2227 4 года назад

My name is mok thanks a lot I am a snake and I’m the big bad who makes you shake like wtf

@viccolasvic9461 5 месяцев назад

Aparently a deleted line in the movie he decided to take revenge on his fans and the world because there were TWO OPEN SEATS at his last show.

@QueenOfDarknes5 4 дня назад

Wow, that's tragic. He deserves to be on these "Villains that were actually right" RU-vid videos.

@Socialism_on_Roids 8 лет назад

Mok is living proof that you don't necessarily need a villain to be deep for him to be any good. Throughout the movie, I sort of got a Clockwork Orange feel from him that was somewhat repressed behind a veil of class and charisma.

@Javert2012 5 лет назад

Yeah (sigh)... So many poor fools. They have money, women (if they're men😉), power, glory, everything. But they lack love, compassion, belief in good and, well... future.

@jamessorrell2498 5 лет назад

Exactly. A character can be defined entirely by their actions and reactions in the story, a villain can be fun without having to be deep and Mok is exactly that. A fun villain

@NecroCritic 4 года назад

I've heard people argue that his motivation for villainy is insanely petty and stupid. I would argue that that's the point. A good villain is someone that is entertaining to hate. The fact that Mok is so insanely self-important that he would murder thousands over (according to Lou Reed) two empty seats at one of his concerts just cements his depravity, which makes for a very fun villain.

@hasehershfeldhershfeld9004 4 года назад

Socialism on Roids WHAT🐰🎤🇺🇸🎸🐰COMMIES NOT GOOD. HEMMORHOIDS!? PER CHANCE?

@herrflantier3739 2 года назад

Look at Frieza from Dragon Ball. One dimensional, but he's still the most memorable villain from the series.

@josejuanandrade4439 4 года назад

What a nice and modest fellow... wish i knew his name.

@joshuafreedman7703 2 года назад

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

@ilayfelber2433 2 года назад

🤣

@lizkenn1144 Год назад

Not to mention polite

@lupinsredjacket3191 2 месяца назад

@@lizkenn1144 And humble. Very humble.

@sophieauguste1786 6 месяцев назад

I guess that in the original cut the «World War III» phrase was supposed to come off as gross and cynical, but the American cut explicitly stated that the characters are *not* humans that developed animal characteristics: they're mutated street animals that have the Earth all to themselves after the human race perished in the war. Specifically street animals, not pets, so no attachment to humans at least, resentment regarding them at most. So, everyone in this world probably *does* consider WWIII an amazing thing for their kind.

@lupinsredjacket3191 2 месяца назад

Wasn't there a moose dude in that club scene though? And I think Dizzy could be a mutated mole-man.

@macksryder4398 Год назад

Dunno why I just randomly got this stuck in my head, but hey. Maybe my brain needed some Mok-based nostalgia. So, thanks a lot, Mok.

@LadyBern 5 лет назад

Why do I love Mok as a villain? The egotistical and narcissistic villain has been done before but there's just something about his that is I love. I'm simple and present through what he says, sings, does, and even the things surrounding him and somehow it isn't completely over done. It's like he could be one of those cult leaders a la Jim Jones.

@tristanband4003 28 дней назад

I think it is because he is a very well executed example of the trope. He dribbles with charm and charisma wrapped around a core of cruelty and madness.

@wonderpandimonium 3 года назад

Just saw this movie tonight. It is CRIMINAL that it didn't earn more at the box office. All that hard work would have been for nothing if it hadn't become a cult classic.

@BorisNoiseChannel 6 лет назад

. _"you think he's acting, but he's not"_ . Such a great, great simple line! (right, girls?)

@marc80s Год назад

1:57....foreshadowing...

@markusdecker524 5 лет назад

Dracula + David Bowie = Mok

@fireandcopper 4 года назад

I watched the film, and I wish I were longer. The animation, the backgrounds, it looks like it's rotoscoped because it's so fluid in movements, it's so realistic in its own universe. This movie is criminally underappreciated.

@Verneandru 4 года назад

Thanks for that. Some of the band scenes were rotoscoped but the bulk of it was all done by hand, the old-school way.

@WobblesandBean 10 лет назад

God damn this movie is GORGEOUS! Why didn't it do better in theaters? Also, why not use Lou as the speaking voice for Mok, we know he's a decent actor. I guess I can't complain, Don Francks did a great job.

@Verneandru 10 лет назад

The music and the voices were handled quite differently. As I may have already mentioned, Jagger was originally slated [as can be seen in Mok's design] then Bowie and finally Lou Reed. From what I recall Lou came to the production fairly late in the game. Animators can't animate without lip-sync which depends on the actual recorded voices, so waiting on the musical talent would have put things too far off and we were already way behind. As for why it didn't do better in the theatres, the double-DVD set has an insert with a fairly good explanation. One of the problems we had on this production was the director was always away with the musicians so we were often left redoing work he didn't like when he returned after a 3 to 4 week hiatus. That put the production way over budget and years longer than it should have been. By the time it was in the can the people cheer-leading it with the distributors had left so nobody really cared anymore. It opened one weekend in Boston with no promo next to a Disney block-buster, did poorly [because nobody knew about it] and was pulled. Total shame and a real disservice to all the talented people who put their blood, sweat and tears into it.

@WobblesandBean 10 лет назад

VerneAndru Wow. Makes me want to beat the director's ass over that now. What's with 70s-80's animated masterpieces being fucked over by one or two incompetent people?

@Verneandru 10 лет назад

Amelia Bee LOL - I hear you. From my experience the problems were systemic. The "system" stated at the time the screenplay has to be locked and an animatic in place before a project gets a green light. In this case because Nelvana had some success with their TV 1/2 hours they were given certification before the script was locked. Then they staffed up and had a crew of 350 waiting on the writers and directors to decide what they wanted us to do running the project way over time and budget. So, at the end of the day, it's political IMHO.

@WobblesandBean 10 лет назад

VerneAndru Sounds like the kind of bullshit I came across as an associate producer in the video games industry. After ten years of the same incompetence, I finally got the hell outta dodge. :/

@sluggotg 10 лет назад

VerneAndru That explains a lot! It is an absolute crying shame that it got no advertising and no global exposure! I will always love it and I just hope young people viewing this video clip will buy the Blu Ray Version of this! Maybe a Sequel/Remake could happen! Sluggo

@josey_8204 4 года назад

I like the shadowed backup singers, i like the lines too i dont know what it is but i like the casual kind of tone in this whole peice. Mok is excellent, whoever voiced him knocked it out of the park.

@douglasbabb1725 Год назад

Lou Reed (Guitarist/Singer for The Velvet Underground) did the vocals when he song.

@seankilburn7422 2 года назад

I watched this when I was 15...then my kids and wife found and bought me the 2-disk deluxe set. Being a musician I can say it's been a life-long ambition to cover this tune and let this generation discover R&R, what a song! I'd put Mok up against Ye any day of the week.

@sarahbreisch4750 6 месяцев назад

let us all know when you release your cover!

@AceSoulWolf 7 лет назад

I'm so glad Lou Reed sang this. So much good talent in this movie! Love it

@rachel-in-the-208 4 года назад

I saw this on HBO when I was about 8 or so ... I am now 47 and NEVER forgot this song! I think that says something.

@GingerSnape46 3 года назад

you and me both

@hippychikforever 3 года назад

About to turn 50 and remember when MTV had this video in heavy rotation.

@jacknapyer 6 месяцев назад

Ha ha same! I videotaped it off HBO when i was 9

@k.t.5405 3 года назад

Holy sh$%, this kicks major butt!!!! This thunder bass mix is savage!!!!

@bighand1530 3 года назад

Yes.

@joshuafreedman7703 2 года назад

...Thunder itself takes third place to this bassline (second place goes to an earthquake)!

@sethleoric2598 4 года назад

"MY NAME IS DOOF AND YOU'LL DO WHAT I SAY!"

@beepbeep958 4 года назад

L E A V E 😂

@sethleoric2598 4 года назад

@@beepbeep958 "Noooooooo cuurse youu parry de platypus!"

@slytheringuy0529 4 года назад

Woop, Woop

@halonostalgiatheater7440 4 года назад

Note that every song of Mok’s was about how awesome he thinks he is

@hippychikforever 3 года назад

Triumph of the glory. Triumph of the glory of me. Triumph!

@ManofMystery89 2 года назад

Well he is the greatest thing since World War 3.

@fireandcopper 4 года назад

The guitar notes at the beginning hit you like a goddamn train and I love it

@MrGlentc 2 года назад

Behold the love child between David Bowie & Mick Jagger.

@foxopossum 3 года назад

I was obsessed with this movie when I was younger, like middle school. One of my older bros friends had it and let me watch it. I spent the next seven years trying to find it. I finally gave up and just now remembered it existed. Thank you RU-vid!!!

@Verneandru 3 года назад

Thanks for caring! They botched the release so badly I wrote it off. Late 1990s I started getting emails from people who were fans, which confused the heck out of me until I discovered the film had a descent rotation on late-night TV and developed a cult following. Who knew?

@foxopossum 3 года назад

@@Verneandru ha! Isn’t life strange? It seems to me some of the best movies, bands, etc don’t do well in their time but develop cult followings. If I was an artist and had to pick I would much rather have a cult following than instant success. So congratulations?! 😁

@bighand1530 3 года назад

@@foxopossum Sure

@berrystein9197 4 года назад

Jeffree Star in 20 years once he returns to his music career

@kaylabrownell1268 4 месяца назад

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@slytheringuy0529 5 лет назад

He reminds me of Dr. Frank N. Furter From The Rocky Horror Picture Show Edit: Thanks A Lot I was not the only one

@Halpin2006 7 лет назад

VERNE ANDRU? The animator who did Rock and Rule? I LOVE this 80s underground classic. I feel so bad that it didn't grad like Heavy Metal did, but I still loved this! Not just an animated musical, but also a scifi / postapocalyptic. Maybe that's just it; this was meant for us cosplay and scifi geeks. PLEASE come to DragonCon in Atlanta someday!

@Verneandru 7 лет назад

Hi - I worked primarily in story doing layouts, storyboards, designs, that sort of thing. I was actually on my way to work on Heavy Metal when Nelvana snagged me for Rock & Rule. I agree this is a better film and wish it had seen a better release than it got.

@Halpin2006 7 лет назад

VerneAndru will you ever come out to DragonCon in Atlanta? Do you visit scifi cons in America?

@Verneandru 7 лет назад

I've done a few comic cons - Emerald City in Seattle and Alternate Press Expo in San Francisco. If I'm an invited guest, anything is possible - LOL.

@onyxhades9513 5 лет назад

Mok is my favorite animated villian of all time!

@unclebadger597 3 года назад

My favorite villain period.

@OceanbornAngel 10 лет назад

The song and the visuals go so well together.

@Omnywrench 2 года назад

When I read The Hunger Games, I always pictured President Snow looking similar to Mok, albeit dressed in a white suit. The books kept mentioning how big and gross his lips were, and Mok's Mick Jagger-esqe mouth was the first thing I thought of.

@collenrung5009 Год назад

I love this movie and soundtrack so much.

@Stereo6400 4 месяца назад

i cannot stress enough how much i ADORE THIS SONG. when i watched this movie for the first time i legit had to pause it after this song to process how incredible it was (that may sound weird but i’m a MASSIVE music nerd, especially with 80’s-90’s music and musicals) and i legit replayed it like, 10 times with my jaw hanging open. this movie is so incredible for so many reasons but i, without a single shred of irony, consider mok to genuinely be one of the greatest animated villains of all time.

@dornravlin 7 лет назад

this movie got me back into drawing and wanting to make my own animated films i'm an aspiring filmmaker mys self and an ok artist but i want to step up my game and this was one of my influences

@tieany1 6 лет назад

dornravlin try to do this as a hobby, not full time unless you have money like that

@Jm-ki4su 5 месяцев назад

this is an excellent example of why cell-animation is so great at lighting

@TheRealNormanBates Год назад

That is a great way to end the video (that look on Mok's face at the end)

@slurpwis 4 года назад

I really like the lore of "I'm the biggest thing since WW3"

@decimatorentertainmentstud8523 4 года назад

Now this is how you make a villain song.

@andrewr.2507 2 года назад

I love that song!!! 😁😁😁😁👍👍👍👍

@honeysucle10 2 года назад

This character was such a highlight of this whole movie. Mok is friggin brilliant, the music + animation in this is just stellar.

@RavenwolfFoxtrack 10 лет назад

love the whole Mick Jagger look they used for Mok

@590275502 4 года назад

this is such alluring animation, its so good yet so... slimy

@therealmerryjest 4 года назад

This movie was a masterpiece, I'm glad i came across it.

@RedSiegfried Год назад

This movie was so painfully embarrassing and cheesy yet I can't not watch it. Love it!

@Flowerbarrel 3 года назад

Yes, sing to us, Lou! This movie may have been weird as hell and I had no idea what was going on, but it was still fun to watch and now I've got the Transformers album. It's such a perfect day and I'm glad I spent it with you.

@jackphillips3354 Год назад

This guy’s pretty in to himself.

@Verneandru Год назад

That was pretty much the point of the piece - to show him as a self-absorbed ego-maniac. Glad it worked!

@jackphillips3354 Год назад

@@Verneandru catchy tune though!

@NuKnightRider Год назад

I paid a pretty penny but this will be in the mail this Thursday 😁

@kylepatrickhall1426 4 года назад

I survived the mok concert

@joshuafreedman7703 2 года назад

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Survivors described the destruction as "Evil", "Spooky", and "Wow, bad karma, man"!

@joeschianodicola1810 7 месяцев назад

Wow, I've never seen this movie or heard of it until yesterday when the algorithm threw it at me... and now I can't help but keep coming back. Lou really made an ear-worm of a track this is catchy as hell.

@dragonempress8367 4 года назад

"I'm the prettiest thing since world war 3" Well that's unsettling.

@BasileosHerodou 3 года назад

Biggest* But yeah its pretty unsettling that there was a ww3.

@marcd73 3 года назад

@@BasileosHerodou Or "greatest", depends on whether you are quoting the first or second verse.

@Boo-boo 8 месяцев назад

They did awesome job making the movie and the graphics i can see that they put in thier hard earn work and dedication they got the talent the heart and soul for thier artwork.

@yongadog 10 лет назад

I...LOVE...LOU...REED! R.I.P.

@WobblesandBean 10 лет назад

I know! Ah, he was such a wonderful man...there will never be another like him.

@paperwhitesavvy 4 года назад

Mok looks like someone who likes to take a walk on the wild side.

@davidgo8874 5 лет назад

Thumbs up if you agree this is the best rock video of all time!!

@ManofMystery89 2 года назад

Maybe the best one since World War 3

@johnmcclatchy 4 года назад

So many Rock & rule vids from years ago are now resurfacing in the youtube feeds.

@Verneandru 4 года назад

The film was done 40 years ago, I've had my clips up for years and it is only now that people are taking notice. Go figure. Just goes to show that if you wait long enough eventually things get noticed.

@wolfgirlsurvivor925 2 года назад

love how in the dream it was foreshadowing his fall

@kateroy3445 7 лет назад

I love you Lou Reed.

@kendobunny 4 года назад

Every once in awhile this gets stuck in my head as "His name is Mok, Can You Not?"

@joshuaolsoncook 4 года назад

Ego The Living Planet: I have a huge narcissistic attitude. Mok: About that...

@alexwinter666 11 лет назад

One of Lou Reed's greatest lost classics! Thanks for a perfect upload

@realhardtruth 10 лет назад

A proud owner of this movie!

@Justsomeonewithopinions 6 месяцев назад

Nothing can beat this crack dream of a scene, and I haven't even seen the movie.

@huskiefan8950 2 года назад

I absolutely love this artwork/animation style. Don't know what to call it, just love it. Everything in this movie fit together so well (visually, soundtrack) regardless of legitimate criticisms some may have.

@ErinT80 3 месяца назад

Still hits in 2024 🤘🏾

@KameariKillScreen 7 лет назад

Thanks a lot Nelvana

@wiibrockster 3 года назад

This'll be stuck in my head for weeks....

@LCCWPresents Год назад

I know his lips are his own character but can we also agree that his eyebrows and eyelashes sell the bit just as well.

@lizkenn1144 Год назад

This is one of my favorite sequences in the movie, both musically and design-wise. Just wanted to share a story: When Rock and Rule originally appeared in one small movie theater in Boston, it was always sold out. Cut to the late 80's, I attended a Lou Reed concert in Boston full of fans who listened attentively to every word he spoke in between songs. During a pause, an audience member suddenly shrieked, "MOK!!!!" Lou looked very surprised, and said, "Mok?" The audience reacted excitedly, I held my breath, and for a split second, hoped that he would actually launch into the song. But of course he hadn't rehearsed it with the band, so he didn't. But I'd always hoped that Lou had realized the appreciation we all had for his work on the film that had largely gone unrecognized at that point.

@Verneandru Год назад

Fabulous story. Thanks so much for sharing!

@EduardoGarcia-vy7nc 4 года назад

I luckily ran into this great movie and have been looking at clips online, and I find it awesome to find a clip from somebody that worked in the movie! I love the animation on this! I saw your demo reel on IMBD and was even more surprised that you worked in most of my favorite scenes, being this song and Mok's great entrance. Thank you for uploading this, and for your work! :) I wish more movies like this one were made, I find this style of animation excellent.

@murraymoffat5891 10 лет назад

Great tune and video. I remember seeing it first on the CBC in the early 80's when I was 8 or 9 years old. Never knew it was Lou Reed though. What a great surprise.

@artificus7316 9 лет назад

Why the heck does his design remind me in Tim Curry?! XD

@cidronlvnv 9 лет назад

+Arti Ficus to much midnight movie times in this, and others, including Rocky Horror perhaps

@LucianCorrvinus 4 года назад

I'll give a a hint ..."and in the beginning there were lips, and they were good...and the lips said....* Michael Remy was ill the day the Earth stood still, but he told us...where we stand....and I really got hot...*

@Heirllionaire 4 года назад

Definitely in the same vein as a Rocky Horror Picture show, right down the charisma and red lips.

@jjfromthebigland781 2 года назад

I remember stumbling across this movie on the CBC when I was about 11 years old... it confused the hell out of me but I couldn't help but watch...

@BloodyBraces 4 года назад

Only Mok could make reusing animation cool

@theelitemanticore151 4 года назад

Hands down to the visual effects. Pretty epic i must say. 👍💪

@Verneandru 4 года назад

Thanks. These were all done optically using tech ILM developed for Star Wars. There was one computer but that was used to control the camera stand.

@deathstrike Год назад

Mok is perfect proof art imitates life. He was a genius, but he was also ridden with the emotions that all humans have to wrestle with. An amazing character that never saw more than this movie because of crappy marketing by Nelvana.

@Verneandru Год назад

Mok is certainly the star of the show and has become a bit of a hero in his own right - just as he would have wanted it. While Nelvana dropped a number of balls they were also victim of their times; R&R came out during the mid 1980s when there was serious push-back against experimental films like this. It's nice to see it's stood the test of time as it appears to have more fans now than when it was current thanks to people like you!

@deathstrike Год назад

@@Verneandru Thank you!! I've always appreciated Rock and Rule and Heavy Metal as "ahead of their times". So many talented writers and artists who via the medium of animation can bring their visions to life. I mean, Mok is their worlds version of Mick Jagger (very good resemblance) and the Rolling Stones. He prides himself as not just "a" rock and roll artist, he was written to be "THE" greatest artist of his world with an ego to match.