by Ian Christie (Author)
Every Terry Gilliam film creates its own unique world, fuelled byobsession and fantasy, yet realized with meticulous craftmanship and dark humour. From the medieval mock-epic Monty Python and the Holy Grail to the mythic, paranoid worlds of The Fisher King, Twelve Monkeys and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Gilliam has pursued a totally personal, uncompromising vision. This has led to legendary battles with studios and financiers, notably over The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Brazil, which is now widely considered a classic.Gilliam is a famously candid commentator on his own work, and in these specially recorded interviews he reflects on how his Midwestern childhood and early career as an animator prepared him to undertake his extraordinary adventures in cinema.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber
Published: 15 Nov 1999
ISBN 10: 0571202802
ISBN 13: 9780571202805
Book Overview: Gilliam on Gilliam, edited by Ian Christie, provides an unparalleled access into the mind and life of Terry Gilliam, whose totally personal and uncompromising vision has enlivened films such as Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Fisher King and Twelve Monkeys.