Poll

Your Favorite Terry Gilliam Film Is:

Jabberwocky
0 (0%)
Time Bandits
5 (7.7%)
Brazil
28 (43.1%)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
3 (4.6%)
The Fisher King
7 (10.8%)
Twelve Monkeys
11 (16.9%)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
6 (9.2%)
The Brothers Grimm
0 (0%)
Tideland
2 (3.1%)
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
2 (3.1%)
The Zero Theorem
1 (1.5%)
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
0 (0%)
other
0 (0%)
haven't seen any
0 (0%)
don't like any
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 64

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Re: Gilliam, Terry
« Reply #60 on: March 30, 2016, 05:45:57 AM »
Twelve Monkeys
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
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Re: Gilliam, Terry
« Reply #61 on: March 30, 2016, 07:49:47 AM »
I forgot about The Fisher King. I don't have it on my list. Must be because I gave up on it, so I didn't count it as having seen. Terry Gilliam is really not my bag.
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Re: Gilliam, Terry
« Reply #62 on: March 30, 2016, 09:33:08 AM »
Gilliam directed the animated sequences only. Terry Jones directed the live action film.

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Re: Gilliam, Terry
« Reply #63 on: December 01, 2016, 10:58:38 AM »
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
(Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
Twelve Monkeys
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Time Bandits
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Brazil


It has admittedly been some time since I've watched Imaginarium, but I remember liking it a lot.
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Re: Gilliam, Terry
« Reply #64 on: December 02, 2016, 03:57:16 AM »
Twelve Monkeys, 60°
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, 45°

The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, 40°
Brazil, 40°
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, 30°
Tideland, 30°

The Fisher King, 20°
Monty Python And The Holy Grail, 20°
The Meaning Of Life, 15°




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Re: Gilliam, Terry
« Reply #65 on: January 04, 2017, 07:09:32 PM »
Life of Brian
Holy Grail
Time Bandits
Brazil
Twelve Monkeys

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Fisher King
Fear and Loathing
in Las Vegas
Jabberwocky
The Brothers Grimm
Tideland
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
The Zero Theorem


I know he's flawed, but he was a Python and those boys run deep with me. Some of the best times of my life just spent quoting Python sketches and Gilliam films back and forth with friends.


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Re: Directors Best Poll - Terry Gilliam
« Reply #66 on: September 05, 2020, 06:54:33 PM »
Time Bandits (1981) 65/100 - Well, it only took me 39 years to getting around to watching this film, which is surprising because I'm a big fan of Gilliam's work. Had I watched it back in the early 80's, I probably would have liked it much more. But knowing what was to come from him, this viewing left me indifferent to it's place in Gilliam's canon. He's taking that big step away from his past success with Monty Python and charting a course towards his creative destiny. But, he still has one foot anchored rigidly on the Python landscape. As I got past the halfway point in the film, I wondered what kind of film it would have been had Gilliam made it after Brazil, where he reached his zenith. Nothing in that film could be even remotely associated with Monty Python and I think that this earlier film would have been better served had it sunk its roots in Gilliam's single minded creative genius, post-Python and all the tropes associated with that seminal comedy troupe.

Brazil
12 Monkeys
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Miracle of Flight
The Fisher King


The Crimson Permanent Assurance

Time Bandits
The Meaning of Life


Tideland
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