Category Archives: Terry Gilliam

Twelve Monkeys review

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The movie Twelve Monkeys is an interesting movie are my favorite science-fiction, time travel story. Loosely (very loosely) based on Chris Marker’s experimental short film La jetée, the time-travel romance is a movie that shows you exactly what’s going to happen, convinces you that it can be changed and then shows you that it can’t, while still giving you hope at the end. The performances, along with Gilliam’s notoriously skewed vision of technology, captures the ideas perfectly and makes Twelve Monkey’s a can’t miss movie. So, let’s see what happened. NOTE: Spoilers if you haven’t seen the movie. But it’s been 17 years, so you should have seen it.

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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen movie review

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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a typical Terry Gilliam film: confusing beginning, too many endings and an insanity and visual mayhem that is second to none. But when the film starts going it’s is a wonderful exciting adventure that does credit to the king of all liars. The cast is first rate as well, with a young Sarah Polley as the Baron’s traveling companion and Robin Williams in an uncredited role as the King of the Moon (and also a young Uma Thurman as Venus appearing in an homage to Botticelli). But what is the movie about?

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Movie Review: The Fisher King by Terry Gilliam

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The Fisher King is by no means a great movie. It’s more like a great mess. The beginning is slow and choppy. The ending…well there is about 3 or 4 endings in the movie. There are subplots that are picked up and dropped for no reason (especially the whole homeless bit). But, for about an hour in the movie (from when Jack meets Parry on top of the car to when Parry goes to the hospital) where it is damn near a perfect movie. In that section, the movie is flawless. There is an amazing dance scene in Grand Central Station and quiet, intimate, powerful scenes with a single character. And in that hour movie magic happens. But what happens with the rest of the movie?

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Older movies you should watch – Brazil

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Brazil by Terry Gilliam has nothing to do with the country of Brazil. The title comes from the memorable repeated song “Aquarela do Brasil”. And the story behind the movie is almost as compelling as the movie itself. But it should be noted that Brazil is one of the science fiction masterpieces that had fans whispering to each other “Have you seen Brazil?”

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