Ooo, was I also wrong about Terry Gilliam?

Gilliam being done with filmmaking that is. Terry Gilliam has a new film on the way, and it now reportedly has a name – The Carnival At The End Of Days.  The Monty Python And The Holy Grail filmmaker came up with the idea for a new feature during the pandemic, when he was self isolating in his home in…

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Terry Gilliam

I love Terry Gilliam as a filmmaker. He’s talented enough technically, adept enough narratively, and singular enough visually to really stand out amongst his peers, despite only having thirteen feature films to his name (one of which is a co-director’s credit). Starting in animation, moving to television comedy with Monty Python, and then using that…

Terry Gilliam: The Definitive Ranking

Here I am, with another list, because the listicle gods are cruel and unyielding. May they be assuaged with my sacrifice of several minutes of my time to arrange Terry Gilliam’s films in the order that most appeals to me. At least it’s not a top 10 but a top 13. Click the links for…

The Zero Theorem

#12 in my Ranking of the Terry Gilliam films. This movie has ideas, and it actually handles them with some intelligence, but it doesn’t really come together as a drama. The ideas take greater precedent over the actual storytelling, so the movie ends up suffering. Starting with the visuals, though, I must comment that Gilliam’s…

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

#8 in my Ranking of the Terry Gilliam films. This movie barely holds together, but it does manage it. Gilliam called this his most Gilliamesque film since Time Bandits (I think he meant Brazil since Time Bandits was written after Brazil), and it feels it. It’s tied intimately to the themes he so loves, and…