Duct Soup: The Daffy, Dystopian Design Nightmare of Terry Gilliam’s ‘Brazil’
By Tim Pelan Brazil is the demented, surreal flip-side of George Orwell’s dystopian warning—1984 1/2 was director Terry Gilliam’s originally mooted title. Yet it is…
Terry Gilliam
‘The Fisher King’: A Sobering Fairytale that Radiates with Trauma, Warmth and Humanity
When Robin Williams died, the feeling that shook the filmgoing community, and was instantly shared by us here on C&B, wasn’t the same emotion of…
‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’: The Peak of British Comedy
Monty Python’s 1975 hilarious comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which is now to be rereleased on its 40th anniversary, is a frequent inhabitant…
‘Time Bandits’: The Ever-Lasting Importance of Terry Gilliam’s Best Fairy Tale
One of the most imaginative children’s movies we’ve ever seen was made in 1981 by the king of the bizarre, the grand maester of visual…
Rian Johnson Talks with Terry Gilliam
Rian Johnson, the writer-director of Brick and Looper, talks with Terry Gilliam on the occasion of the U.S. theatrical release of Gilliam’s new movie, The…
Terry Gilliam’s out-of-print LaserDisc commentary for ‘The Adventures of Baron Munchausen’
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, a 1988 brilliant classic by Terry Gilliam, explores the mystical travels of the Baron and his friends. On-set photography by…
In memory of Robin Williams (1951-2014)
est in peace, dear, beautiful, brilliant Robin Williams. Terry Gilliam, who directed Williams in The Fisher King, posted a tribute on Facebook, writing: “Robin Williams,…