Terry Gilliam

KlodaX

The man just spits talent ...

I thought a thread was diserving in his name.

Whats your favourite?

Personally I love Tideland .. but since watching more because of him .. I'm not sure which favourite to pick any more.

keefg

Time Bandits FTW.

Rabies

Always a little something different. Always enjoy his movies, although I wasn't a fan of The Brothers Grim.

spinandscribble

tideland is just.... oh i loved it! that little girl. my god what a actress. and the direction!

Simi

Twelve Monkeys, one of my all time favourites.

johnny_ultimate

I think he is one of the most unique and imaginative directors around, but I also feel his films tend to show sharp differences in quality.

At the top you have Brazil: a magnificent film. The mad Python tone suits it perfectly, it is both hilarious and terrifying, and the final sequence is inspired. A true successor to 1984. And of course the Monty Python stuff he directed: timeless comedy.

In the middle you have Time Bandits & Twelve Monkeys: again, very good films even if their tone can be a bit uneven. But Time Bandits is a lot of fun, while Twelve Monkeys is a mad slice of imaginative sci-fi. Fear and Loathing is also good in the sense that you won't get a better adaptation of the book. Problem is it is perhaps better suited to book form, and the energy and lunacy that keeps you turning the page is unfortunately not carried over into the film, which runs out of steam well towards the end. Hilarious performance from Depp though. The Fisher King is an underrated film of his though: very emotional little tale, great feel-good atmosphere. Different to the rest of his stuff though, but works pretty well.

And then you have Tideland: a really mean spirited, cold and cynical movie. Yeah it looks good and has a fantastic performance from the lead, but it just tries to shock too hard and doesn't really work.

That said though, his films are always worth a watch because he is in a league of his own. it is just a shame that the tone of his films can be all over the place, and his films (with the exception of the sublime Brazil) always seem to lack something to make them truly superb.

HalloweenJack

Really love Fear And Loathing. I think he did a very good job to keep up with Thompson and Steadman's imagery from the original book.

I haven't seen too many Gilliam films now that I think of it. I know I liked the Python films but I don't know how much influence he had on those films.

Roar

i know it's not one of his movies per se, but Lost In La Mancha is brilliant. fascinating stuff.

Just to see his childlike enthusiasm for the project gradullay replaced by frustration and anger, and then I think some relief when the project is finally pulled..

it's a shame, looks like it could have been a good movie..

mike65

Its back on.

My own favourite is Time Bandits which is really a sucession of sketches in the guise of a movie but each one a delight esp Ian Holms turn as Napoleon and David Warners evil genius.

ThOnda

I would have to prefer Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, because it is the most graphical and surreal one. Following closely by 12 Monkeys and Brazil. That man must be smoking really good stuff :-)

projectmayhem

KlodaX wrote: »

Whats your favourite?

Personally I love Tideland .. but since watching more because of him .. I'm not sure which favourite to pick any more.

I actually didn't enjoy Tideland at all. I was really uncomfortable throughout, but couldn't stop watching... which was probably the intended result. I've only had the courage to revisit this one once!

As for my favourite, it has to be 12 monkeys, though Fear & Loathing is very closely behind it.

pwd

Brazil!
It's Braziliant. So is Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which he co-directed. Must have watched that film more than 10 times as a teenager.
12 Monkeys is also very very good.
Time Bandits, Fear and Loathing and The fisher King, The Adventures of Baron Munchanhausen and Jabberwocky are very good too
Tideland was good but uncomortable. It's very like salad fingers (David Firth acknowledges the novel was an influence on him).
He's a great director alright!