his films were good for the first of those 3 decades & he’s barely had anything funded in the latter two tho they might have been better if he’d had money
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Thursday, 11 April 2019 05:34 (five years ago) link
One Eye Open otm
― How I Redd One of the Blecchs (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 May 2019 21:38 (five years ago) link
the first 2/3 of Quixote wasn't that bad. (Driver as Sancho Panza is a good joke, and his physicality makes for its own action movie.) The last 40 mins is pretty much the usual TG mess.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 August 2019 02:57 (four years ago) link
wait how did you see this? I thought it was still in legal limbo
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 August 2019 15:25 (four years ago) link
it's streaming on Amazon and the Blu-Ray was released on June 4th in the US, earlier this year in Europe. Also it's heavily torrented.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 29 August 2019 16:14 (four years ago) link
Very limited theatrical run in April too.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 29 August 2019 16:18 (four years ago) link
ah ok thx
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 August 2019 16:26 (four years ago) link
it seemed to get zero promotion, not surprising it's invisible (it's not the triumph of filmmaking you'd hope for from 25 years of production, but Driver is great in it)
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 29 August 2019 16:30 (four years ago) link
like many gilliam misfires, i felt like I could see the bones of a really good film buried somewhere in there, but it never quite makes it out from underneath all the mess.
That's how he gets me every time, even after being disappointed so many times, theres always this sense that theres a great movie thats tantalizingly close to snapping into place, but then it just lurches and stumbles around and smashes into stuff until it collapses from exhaustion.
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Thursday, 29 August 2019 17:03 (four years ago) link
He actually had a pretty good streak going until Fear and Loathing. Then there was a long gap, and it's been kind of flop-city ever since then.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 29 August 2019 17:10 (four years ago) link
the last one that entirely satisfied me was Time Bandits
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 August 2019 21:26 (four years ago) link
I would say Brazil but... yeah
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 August 2019 21:37 (four years ago) link
no wait I mean Baron Munchausen
twelve monkeys and id listen to a case for parnassus
― theRZA the JZA and the NDB (darraghmac), Thursday, 29 August 2019 22:01 (four years ago) link
Time Bandits is my fave - what a batshit movie. But I really like 12 Monkeys and Fisher King.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 29 August 2019 22:07 (four years ago) link
A strong read.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/12/sarah-polley-terry-gilliam-run-towards-danger-baron-munchausen-interview
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 12 June 2022 21:32 (one year ago) link
Very well written. Also solves the puzzle of why she didn’t use any explosives in Stories We Tell.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 13 June 2022 03:54 (one year ago) link