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Title: Gilliam on Gilliam by Ian Christie, Terry Gilliam ISBN: 0-571-20280-2 Publisher: Faber & Faber Pub. Date: 15 June, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The best book on Gilliam
Comment: If you like Terry Gilliam's movies, you need this book. He covers his childhood in surprising detail, talks about the Monty Python years, and then gets into each movie. The book drags near the end, but that's primarily due to the exhaustion you feel reading about this stuff --- like his movies, you can get overwhelmed by the details.
This is the best on Gilliam I've read, and one of the best books in the 'Director on Director' series.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great! (For Gilliam fans, that is...)
Comment: If you happen to be a Terry Gilliam fan, you have to read this. If you don't happen to be a Gilliam fan, but are an aspiring filmmaker, this is an invaluable source of insight. Hell, there are many pros who should read this!
Reading these interviews puts you inside the creative mind of a filmmaking genius (yes, I dare say that). There's a reason for everything that's on the screen, and one understands that Gilliam's knack for weirdness is a little more than that... there's more to his filmmaking virtuosism (wild camera angles and moves) than there is when they make it in your average Nike comercial. If you wanna know what I mean, well, read the book.
Also, I don't recommend this much to Python fans. Certainly, a good part of it talks about the Python days, but it doesn't talk about their creative process much - it's more about the making of the films and Gilliam's animations.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fascinating, flawed, and funny
Comment: As someone said on the back cover (neatly stealing my idea), Gilliam on Gilliam is like something Phillip Dick might have written. It is paranoid, neurotic, nutty, and fascinating look at filmmaker Terry Gilliam.
It is, truly, Gilliam on Gilliam, with the book in total an interview with the filmmaker. Gilliam talks about the battle for Brazil, his frustrations in the early Python films (was was stigmatized as the arty image guy), and his intricate intentions in later films.
Most interesting to me, other than how it reminded me of how much of his films, sadly, I had forgotten, was how much visual work he puts into his films. That is relatively clear from screen, but even more apparent after you read through this book.
Equally interesting to the biz geek in me was reading Terry's pitched battle for budget credibility. After having budget troubles on two films (Brazil and Baron Munchausen), Gilliam had a financial scarlet letter to sport and it has been tough for him to convince the studios that he is not a risky budgetary bet. Hard to believe that such a prolific and successful filmmaker could still be auditioning, but there it is.
Anyway, an interesting and informative book. Not for those who are mildly interested, but a treat for Gilliam geeks who want the inside skinny on everything from De Niro's bizarre behavior in Brazil, to the casting of Jon Pryce, to underlying mythic chain operating in The Fisher King.
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Title: Dark Knights & Holy Fools: The Art and Films of Terry Gilliam by Bob McCabe ISBN: 0789302659 Publisher: Universe Books Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Losing the Light : Terry Gilliam and the Munchausen Saga by Andrew Yule ISBN: 155783346X Publisher: Applause Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Battle of Brazil (The Applause Screenplay Series) by Jack Mathews, Terry Brazil Gilliam, Jack Matthews ISBN: 1557833478 Publisher: Applause Pubns Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title:Lost in La Mancha ASIN: B000096FUD Publisher: New Video Group Pub. Date: 24 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $26.96 |
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Title:The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ASIN: 0767809335 Publisher: Columbia/Tristar Studios Pub. Date: 27 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $27.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $23.99 |
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