I had a nice birthday meal - and a drinking session to follow - with Terry Gilliam in Italy - and he was the most genuine and honest guy... It was such a privilege to talk of films with him - and other things - an experience I'll remember, even if he probably won't!
Underrated I'm not sure. He divides, some love his work, some hate it. But one thing I'm sure of is that he will be recognized as one of the greatest filmmakers of all times as time will pass...
@@frankrogers2968 rightly so, tery gilliamsfilms are enjoyable and well loved by many but the directors you mentioned are masters in, the art of cinema, but he will be remembered so I don't think he's unappreciated in the history of cinema
Billy Wilder has made at least one great film in multiple genres. Film Noir - Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, The Lost Weekend & Ace in the Hole Romantic comedy - Sabrina, Ninotchka (screenplay) & The Apartment Comedy - Some Like it Hot, The Front Page & The Seven Year Itch Mystery/Thriller - Witness for the Prosecution War - Stalag 17
I don't think I've hated many films more than I hated Stalag 17. The tone is so off (is it a comedy? an adventure? a realistic drama about prisoners of war? It's neither funny, suspenseful nor disturbing/touching), and the characters and acting are intolerable. :D I'm really surprised that it's generally so well received.
There were four screenwriters associated with One-Eyed Jacks. Two were officially credited. One was Guy Trosper who also wrote the screenplays for Birdman of Alcatraz and The Spy Who Came In from the Cold and the other was Calder Willingham, who also wrote Paths of Glory and The Graduate. The two uncredited writers were Rod Serling and Sam Peckinpah. Fascinating.
12 Monkey's is an OUTSTANDING movie. Willis actually acts, Pitt before he was famous playing a crazy man (who I have known and he NAILED it).. the sets... the legendary "hamster scene"..... Its fantastic!
My all time favorite single scene is from the Fisher King when the whole train station starts dancing and we follow Robin and Amanda as the weave their way through. It really gave you a glimpse of what was going through the mind of Perry.
Brazil is on my list, at the end of the movie I couldn't help but think that it was an interpretation of 1984 that was ultimately better than what a screen play of 1984 ever could.
More like "bullies Gilliam into making a list" in the way that you don't even realize till afterwards - the good doctor's essential skill, or one of them. Apparently Terry is a Vincent Van Gogh fan, good to know, suffering for the art and all that.
The ONLY problem I have with Brazil is the sound. It's really not very good. I know it's very picky of me but movies from the 60's have better sound effects than Brazil.
@@felipedeornelas8054 It's not super horrible but (for example) the first explosion, the one with a woman pushing the stroller, the sound is way too shrill. Not a good sound at all for an explosion. No bass to it.
I spent time with Jerry Lewis' first wife(a story in itself), but one of the things I had to ask her was about "The Day the Clown Cried", the project that basically scuppered Jerry Lewis' career as a film director. The film was not finished. Jerry had a completed script and filmed enough to assemble a rough edit, but had one of his breakdowns/heart attacks or something causing him to walk away from the whole thing. His ex-wife contended that if the project had been completed, Jerry would have swept the Oscars as director/actor. I've seen clips without sound from the shoot, but it was mostly "Making of" footage. For a legendary rumored project, it has only really been an open topic for the last 25 years or so. Jerry's ex-was dumfounded that I had even heard about the project as it was a topic that the JL camp deliberately avoided(until Roberto Benigni's Oscar). The only person I know who definitely saw the assemble footage was Harry Shearer. Maybe one day AI can finish it.
@@JordiH69 Bob Hope used to show up at the Ralph’s in Toluca Lake in the middle of the day in a limousine, he would then walk around the store with the aid of a cart loudly singing. He’s never put anything in the cart. He’d finish the song and get back in the limousine. The Ralph’s employees were used to it. “That just Bob”. As if that weren't weird enough. Some customers were spending the day at my record store and went to Boston Market in Burbank. While standing in line, they noticed, much to their amazement that Bob was in line ahead of them. Surprised, they asked him "Hey, aren't you Bob Hope?" and Bob responded "Get away from me you fucking moron". Thanks for the memories Bob. Horrible person and was only ever funny when Bing Crosby got to humiliate him and not really even then.
I love it!!!!!!! I thought I was gonna hate this. Just like Terry. Love how you honored him and us and yourself! Brilliant! And I'm even British, so I really mean brilliant!
i just recently rewatched it, after finding out there is a show, a tv show running into four seasons already. the movie is so good. really really excellent all round
2:42 this is one of the things that make Gilliam movies some of my favorites. And watching Gilliam movies digitally is amazing because you can pause it and look at all those details. Back on VHS, when you paused, the screen got all staticky and distorted.
Interesting how One Eyed Jacks suddenly hit Terry. I haven't seen it myself, but love the stories of how Stanley Kubrick was originally going to direct, and showing up at Marlon's house with other actors sitting on the floor in a circle with a gong. Stanley put up with it for a bit, but finally bailed. I'd be interested now to see if Marlon did it all his own way, or was there any influences of Stanley that may have seeped in?
In Brando's 1979 Playboy interview, he told the story of what finally broke Kubrick. They'd been batting the script back and forth for weeks, and Kubrick finally said, "Marlon, what's this picture about?" and Brando was thinking, Now you're asking me?!? So he snapped back, "Stanley, it's about the $300,000 dollars I already paid Karl Malden to wait for us and not accept a different movie!" Kubrick says if that's what it's about, I'm in the wrong picture. He walks out. Brando is told by the producer that if he can't find another director in a week, the picture is dead. So Brando nominated himself and made the movie.
There were four screenwriters associated with One-Eyed Jacks. Two were officially credited. One was Guy Trosper who also wrote the screenplays for Birdman of Alcatraz and The Spy Who Came In from the Cold and the other was Calder Willingham, who also wrote Paths of Glory and The Graduate. The two uncredited writers were Rod Serling and Sam Peckinpah. Four A-list screenwriters.
Not in order: Mirror (Tarkovsky, this is my all-time #1 however), Harold and Maude (Ashby), Long Day's Journey into Night (Lumet; much Lumet in fact), Jacob's Ladder (Lyne, so envious of the writing), Fantasia 2000 (Disney), Metropolis (the anime, Rintaro), Tombstone (Cosmatos and Kurt Russell, "I'm you're Huckleberry"), Stalker (Tarkovsky), one scene in particular in Nostaghia (Tarkovsky), Beanpole (a recent discovery, currently very enthused and impressed, Balagov), Angel at my Table (Campion), Picnic at Hanging Rock (Weir), Cries & Whispers (Bergman), In the Bedroom (Field, stunning performances by Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson), Santa Sangre (Jodorowsky, the only film I still want to watch by him), Airplane! (Abrahams, Zucker, and pretty much anything else they did), Fitzcarraldo (Herzog, the only thing I like by him, except probably the remake of Nosferatu), Come and See (Klimov), The Thing (Carpenter, and much else besides), Videodrome (Cronenberg), Barton Fink (Coen), &c. My favorite Gilliam film is probably Fisher King, with 12 Monkeys right up there. I frankly also really like Jabberwocky. Was that 10?
@@unclvinny I got to see it in college on the big screen in one of those "Foreign Film Series" things that colleges do. Nice to see it big style. Like the movie River's Edge, Picnic at Hanging Rock seems to have layer after layer after layer of meaning; you can just keep digging down into it and discovering more.
@@lpowers You mean Alexei Gherman's "Hard to be a God". :) Tarkovsky is obviously always "deft" and both Ivan's Childhood and Andrei Rublev are statements. But it is not until Solaris that he discovers his "thing" and then perfects it in Mirror, Stalker, and Nostalghia. The "personal" change he undergoes when making a film not in Russia (for Nostalghia) begins to affect his judgment in that movie, and he has completely lost his way for Sacrifice. this is my too-brief summary. Meanwhile, the "Russian medievalism" in Gherman's "Hard to be a Good" is utterly staggering. It's like the opposite of Tarkovsky and completely full of its own genius for that very reason. Khrustalyov, My Car! is super-really good too. Gherman was getting better and better as he went along. We're fortunate that Hard to be a God was completed.
Very interesting and eclectic list. Haven’t seen some of them, but I can see that you appreciate the truly weird as well as the silly. I must say that Jacob’s Ladder and Videodrome were 2 of the most disturbing films I have ever seen. Both are truly masterful works that set out to unmoor you and do. They’ll haunt you for days.
The Day the Clown Cried is the unreleased Jerry Lewis film. The tagline was something like "He makes them laugh as he leads them to the gas chamber" Catchy!
Another story of a clown and the concentration camps was filmed and earned an Oscar for Roberto Benigni, in the film “Life Is Beautiful” (1998). I'm not saying they are the same film but the similarity can't be denied.
@@charlie-obrien Yes, I've seen it. I don't think he was actually a clown but I see your point. Jerry's film needs to be released. Maybe on some streaming service?
@@andrewa9694 Apparently Lewis donated an unfinished copy to the Library of Congress just a few years ago, before his death in 2017. He said that it should not be screened until at least 2024, so we might see it sooner than we think!
I've just ordered the Arrow version of One Eyed Jacks. Thank you Terry #1 for being a Python and #2 an awesome director and producer of wonderful movies.
Here is a good discussion; would Python have been the phenom it became without Gilliam's strange twist of art and humor to offset the very British sketches the others performed?
For me, I loved the moments when the fairy appeared as I found all the blues and silvers so hypnotic. Also when the whale Tokyo Drifts into a bunch of rocks. It looks fantastic.
I'm not a film director either but I will always watch certain movies again and again to enjoy revisiting the craft of everyone involved. 8 1/2 is all about that craft...and is due another revisit!
@@davidsanderson5918 I tried 8 1/2 a couple of times over the years and I find La Dolce Vita MUCH more satisfying and memorable. Honestly, I find Fellini's Roma more haunting and memorable than 8 1/2, too.
It's kinda odd how they think. They (directors) all praise, as we viewers do as well, the best directors of all time, but when directors actually talk about their top 10 or favorite films, Kubrick, Chaplin, Tarkovsky, Kurosawa (yes I realize Seven Samurai was mentioned here), Leone..etc... are largely not talked about. Even today, many Directors hail Lars Von Trier as the best Director alive today, yet his films are rarely talked about further amongst the industry...
Off the top of my head...The Music Man, In the Heat of the Night, 12 Angry Men, Sunset Boulevard, Godfather 2, Man who Shot Liberty Valance, 2001, Goodfellas, White Heat and Of Mice and Men, ( 1939. )
Gilliam's greatest films are Brazil, Life Of Brian (Writer and art director), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (co director with Terry Jones), 12 Monkeys, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, Time Bandits.
Maybe I’m wrong… It’s probably because of the way he grew up… But he didn’t name one movie made after 1970… And there are at least 100 amazing fucking movies made after 1970
My 10 favorites off the top of my head - probably forgot a bunch: - Some Like it Hot - Singing in the Rain - Taxi Driver - Spirited Away - 12 Monkeys - The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring - Unforgiven - Blade Runner (I even consider the sequel as well) - Parasite - There Will Be Blood
I actually Really appreciate Blade Runner 2049, even slightly more than the original. There Will Be Blood is one of my favorites as well, and Unforgiven is a given. I own all 4 I mentioned. My Top 10 are above,see if U recognize any of them. 😉
I think it's impossible to be carved in stone but off the top of my head: Citizen Kane Cinema Paradiso Dr. Strangelove Withnail and I Spirited Away Old Boy Big Lebowski Solaris (the Russian '72 movie) No Country for Old Men Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Does Terry make himself available so freely? I was so pleased to see his rise in the last season of Python, and become an absolute necessity in the group's movies. He's a man of high principles and quality cinema art. I have, however, met Grahame Chapman!
So many great movies mentioned here and in the comments. I love Seven Samurai, but I’d place Harakiri above it if we are to talk about samurai films. In the modern era, I’d add Unforgiven, No Country For Old Men, and, a very close to the top for me, Children of Men. I agree with Citizen Kane and Seventh Seal. I would add La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (1928)...there is something about Reneé Jeanne Falconetti’s acting in that one... And guilty pleasure? I get a kick out Drop Dead Gorgeous, Deadpool, and anything by Mel Brooks. I’m curious as to what some of your guilty pleasures are?
"You have to do this and that and here's the rules and we're going to..." There'd have to be more in it for me than a few pints to sit and listen to that guy.
It's shot so voluptuously for a "Western." And just out of balance, maybe, that keeps visual interest. I know the area they used and the light is spot on.
Gilliam, you are star; the standard of artwork in Pinocchio is second to none. Thought I was the only one waxing lyrical about it. Oh, yes, thank you for The Fisher King and Brazil. I'm not going to lie but even as a child in the sixties Terry Gilliam's animation was my favourite part of Monty Python.....still is!
Yeah, I especially liked the Gilliam movie where one of the pythons kept feeding the other python with an inordinate amount of food in that restaurant, to the point where he got so big that he ended up exploding. Sublime. Absolutely sublime.
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Exactly. Paths of Glory would have been on the list if he wasn't being stubborn and childish and outrageous with this guy. Or maybe he was full of it when he talked about Paths of Glory in the other video.
1. Biutiful 2. Chariots of Fire 3. On The Waterfront 4. Motorcycle Diaries 5. Tree Of Life 6. The Petrified Forest 7. Cool Hand Luke 8. The Elephant Man 9. Spotlight 10. Brother Sun, Sister Moon ...just in case anyone cared...😁💚
the French interest in Jerry Lewis is because he was producing/directing/writing, they liked him for the auteur theory he represents not for the particular films content
:50 same. Maybe I could pick a top ten list of favorite 80s comedies, favorite animated movies, or favorite weird post modern movies; which of course would be dominated by Gilliam and Jean Pierre Jeunet. Same with music; hell, I have a hard time just picking my favorite 10 songs of 2022.
I laugh like a maniac every time I see FaL. When it first came out I saw it in the theater 3 times and was the only one laughing through the whole thing, except for a few people laughing at me. I'm not even sure that it's a comedy. It is to me.
Deliverance, Die Hard, Chinatown, Easy Rider, Goldfinger, To live and Die in L.A.Airplane, Alien, Taxi Driver, Dirty Harry, and the Final Destination series.
If background artwork is criteria, I'm surprised Terry didn't have a Wes Anderson vehicle to toss in. Out of the gate you can pause on the five year plan notebook in Bottle Rocket and get lost in fantastic details.
It's really the "top ten" that comes to mind. If Terry gave the interview a month later there would probably be quite a few changes. Isn't it interesting that most of the films' major players are no longer with us? No hurt feelings that way.
10. The Wicker Man (1973) [Final Cut] 9. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest 8. Misery 7. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly 6. The Terminator 5. Back To The Future 4. Alien [Theatrical Cut] 3. The Silence Of The Lambs 2. A Clockwork Orange 1. The Green Mile
@@jamesanthony5681 No he didn't. There's videos of him on TH-cam praising it and King didn't like the Shining and authors are obviously going to be bias and particularly sensitive to any changes even ones for the better to their work so even though Burgess liked it, it wouldn't matter if he didn't.
@@Mr.Goodkat I distinctly remember a TV documentary with Burgess on his life and his work around 1980, I guess it was, and he said he didn't like what Kubrick had done with Clockwork Orange. It wasn't a mild dislike, and I can only gather there were periods in his life where he admired what Kubrick had done with his novel, and other times where he hated the film.
Couldn't agree with that list but i can see why TG would like them. I've seen Blow up any 40 times (yes really) and Groundhog Day about 20 times and Space 2001 around 20 times. I loved Its a Mad Mad world (seen it about a dozen times). Fargo - about ten times. My guilty pleasure is Under Siege. Brazil, Time Bandits and Baron Munchausen are very high on my list. I've seen the 1974 Day of the Jackal many times and i never tire of it. Amelie is one of the few foreign films I adore. Can i be forgiven for really liking Jailhouse Rock? Can i also be forgiven for loving A Fish Called Wanda? I know Hail Caesar was a bit of a flop and I can't stand Clooney, who I think is a miserable fraud, but I really liked that film on so many levels.("Would that it were"....). Who couldn't love The Producers or Young Frankenstein? If you don't like those films, you don't have a pulse. There's about 12 movies. They're not too highbrow and obviously, you can see I like comedies. Nursery's films like the Seventh Seal and Citizen Kane just depressed me. I go to the movies to be transported to a happy fantasy world. Shindler's list, whilst wonderful is too upsetting. Why do people want to see these films? Isn't they're enough sadness in the world?
I call it a top ten-ish, and it is fluid and sometimes mood will affect it, it's fine, Terry, geez, have some favorite movies, don't get stuck on the number or make it feel like a competition, just tell us some favorites, fuck
Great video. Key point though, JERRY himself, put the stops to "The Day the Clown Cried". He was doped up on percs while he was making it and in a moment of clarity decided he'd made a mistake. He spent a lot of money to insure he was the only one with any print of the uncompleted film. It is said, it's to be released some time after his passing. I just can't remember the year it is to hapen.
It must be nice being Terry Gilliam because then you don't have to debate which gilliam movie should go on the list! 😂. Glad to see The Apartment on the list. It is well respected but somehow criminally underrated at the same time. For me, top slots go to Some Like It Hot and Singin in the Rain, two of the best films ever made, and also my favorites. Now i have to see what my list would be.... Love the interviewer and his lovely fun chat with Gilliam! One for the archive.
Just saw One Eyed Jacks after watching this - it’s a fun movie! Much better than either this interviewer or even Gilliam are giving it credit for. Interesting to see Brando’s choices as a director. Seaside setting was pretty refreshing for a Western.
The more movies I watch(or re-watch), my list changes. But as of 5/12/21, my top 10 is: *Describing why I love it, no plots here: 1. The Prince of Egypt(1998). I love Biblical epics and this is animated movie about Moses is the best if you ask me. Moving beyond words, gorgeous animation, and simply powerful. 2. Life Itself(2014). As a movie fan and Roger Ebert fan, I couldn't get enough of this and played many parts over again. I watched the first half at night but I had to watch the rest the next day as a result. 3. 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968). This is what movies were made for. Yes, I know there is a novel of it(I have it even), but the visuals are mesmerizing and create the ultimate movie experience. If you WATCH 2001, it's a bore. EXPERIENCE it as it's fascinating beyond words. 4.Citizen Kane(1941). The greatest movie ever made, of course, but not my FAVORITE. Still, it cracks the top 10. I shouldn't have to say anymore, Terry nailed it here! 5. The Courtship of Eddie's Father(1963). I actually watched this for the first time from start to finish exactly a week ago. (TCM aired it on Thanksgiving but I had to miss the 2nd half.) Simply put, I feel joy watching it, and I think it's the best "Family" movie I have ever seen. I will hold back on saying "ever made". , 6. Precious(2009). A heartbreaking story but one of the most powerful I have seen. Not many movies make me cry, but Precious made me broke down. I once wrote a review of Precious and I didn't know how to end it. I finally came up with "I hope I forget my name before I forget this powerful masterpiece." 7. Toy Story(1995). This is technically a spot for my favorite secular animated movies, but if I had to choose one, it would be Toy Story. I used to watch it all the time as a kid, and so there's probably no exaggeration in saying I have literally seen it 100 times. Today I have those memories and now I appreciate the animation, considering it was the first fully computer animated film. Also, it actually makes me cry now because it makes me think of my now deceased sister. It's bittersweet, but in a way it makes me appreciate it more. 8. My Fair Lady(1964). I love musicals and this is my favorite! I have probably seen it over a dozen times. I've watched only parts of many times too(ie catching it on TCM), because that's just as worth it! It's definitely one of my "perfect" movies. 9. Juno(2007). Again, "perfect" movie. Cleverly written and I love every minute. It's very funny too. When I first watched it, I tried to pick one nit pick, and I really couldn't. Juno's PG-13 F bomb may be the closest, I am serious, I couldn't find anything else. 10. The Night of the Hunter(1955). This was deemed too dark at the time, and the Oscars seemed to neglect it. Too bad, this suspenseful horror movie is a masterpiece. "Leeeeeeaning. Leeeeeaning. Safe and secure from ALL ALARMS..."
Seven Samurai and Seventh Seal are on my top too. But Kubrick's big three are certainly on my list: 2001, Clockwork Orange, Dr. Strangelove. After that, I'd have to fill it in with The 39 Steps, The Thin Man, Scrooge (1951), Babette's Feast, and ... dunno, it probably would be either The Gay Divorcee or Top Hat or The Life of Brian or Arsenic and Old Lace .... Too many choices. Citizen Kane definitely great but I don't like to watch it much. Maybe Elevator to the Gallows by Louis Malle? That's an amazing film.
Arsenic and Old Lace is a top contender for funniest film of all time. For me, it's between that and Bringing Up Baby. (There are also some really good Finnish scewballs, but they're rather context-specific.) My go-to Kurosawa is Throne of Blood. The Seventh Seal might make it. The Great Beauty was an unexpected aesthetic epiphany that actually made me cry. Fallen Angels was my first Wong Kar-Wai (or indeed artsy film) experience as a teenager, and its escalator and night time city scenes left their mark. I'd also probably include some Fellini and Ettore Scola (La terrazza?), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf for capturing the tension of a chamber play. For the most memorable recent experience in theatre, Roy Andersson's About Endlessness really caught me off guard (probably wouldn't have had that impact at home, though). But yeah, it gets really difficult to compare between very different films. There's also the (predictable) best spaghetti westerns and Kubricks to consider; some musical (My Fair Lady); something like My Night at Maud's or Léon Morin, priest; Star Wars; Kieslowski's Three Colors; something from De Sica (Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow is my favorite for star power, Bicycle Thieves the "objective" pick); The Third Man; The Lives of Others; There Will Be Blood; Columbus (the ultimate visual experience); and among lesser lights, Onibaba, Amadeus, Ida and Cold War, The Reader or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (must have some Kate Winslet), as well as something from Miyazaki, Almodóvar's and Bunuel. Stalker, Blade Runner, Children of Men, Manhattan as the obligatory Woody Allen (until you get so sick of his mannerisms that even the best ones start to seem stale). Etc. etc. And, if it qualifies, the second season of Heimat would probably be at the very top of my list.
Wow. For Terry being one of my favorite filmmakers. I'm embarrassed to admit how few of the movies on his list I've seen. lol I've got some homework to do.
Kermode has the energy of a passionate and charming man who is intensely interested in what you have to say but is very late for a train
Agree with the train bit.
He is refreshingly smart.
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This is me and I feel attacked
That's funny but in fairness, the format of the show is only 10 mins so they have to get a wriggle on.
Missed the opportunity to put 8 1/2 at 8.5 on the list and let Terry keep his 11.
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I had this exact thought. Cheers.
Never been able to forget Time Bandits, amazing acting, great kids story (for the 80's and David Warner was amazing)
It's the clearest explanation for the problem of evil, as well as being entertaining.
Our ultimate family film and so demand magical on 3v3ry level
@@SuperLibbyB very nice
I had a nice birthday meal - and a drinking session to follow - with Terry Gilliam in Italy - and he was the most genuine and honest guy... It was such a privilege to talk of films with him - and other things - an experience I'll remember, even if he probably won't!
Love Terry. Definitely one of the most underrated directors of all time.
Underrated I'm not sure. He divides, some love his work, some hate it. But one thing I'm sure of is that he will be recognized as one of the greatest filmmakers of all times as time will pass...
He's world famous.. How is he underated
@@mavis3916 I agree that he's underrated. He's not spoken of in the same breath as Scorsese, Bergman, Fellini, etc.
@@frankrogers2968 rightly so, tery gilliamsfilms are enjoyable and well loved by many but the directors you mentioned are masters in, the art of cinema, but he will be remembered so I don't think he's unappreciated in the history of cinema
@@mavis3916 I think Mr. Gilliam is a master. He's just not as appreciated as the other directors I mentioned.
Remember that this list was made before “Doolittle” was released.
@MichaelKingsfordGray I can see from your other posts you are an exceptionally unhappy person
@MichaelKingsfordGray i dont understand are u implying that because they have a username? do u understand how the internet works?
why are u so angry about these boring ass movies?
Billy Wilder has made at least one great film in multiple genres.
Film Noir - Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, The Lost Weekend & Ace in the Hole
Romantic comedy - Sabrina, Ninotchka (screenplay) & The Apartment
Comedy - Some Like it Hot, The Front Page & The Seven Year Itch
Mystery/Thriller - Witness for the Prosecution
War - Stalag 17
I don't think I've hated many films more than I hated Stalag 17. The tone is so off (is it a comedy? an adventure? a realistic drama about prisoners of war? It's neither funny, suspenseful nor disturbing/touching), and the characters and acting are intolerable. :D I'm really surprised that it's generally so well received.
@@Doomsterlobster Yeah, everyone's got a film they hate, that is universally loved. No accounting for taste.
Couldn’t agree more. Check out Five Graves to Cairo!
The Mask? didn't make your list? really?
And that's why I ranked Billy Best Director of All Time years ago.
There were four screenwriters associated with One-Eyed Jacks. Two were officially credited. One was Guy Trosper who also wrote the screenplays for Birdman of Alcatraz and The Spy Who Came In from the Cold and the other was Calder Willingham, who also wrote Paths of Glory and The Graduate. The two uncredited writers were Rod Serling and Sam Peckinpah. Fascinating.
"So, your top 10 list, Terry..."
"This irritates me"
"...Never heard of that one, but I'll write it down"
This was fun. Terry's reasons for choosing the movies was better than the actual list
This was painful. Kermode forcing Gilliam to make choices was more important than the actual list.
This interview galvanized me to watch The Apartment and One Eyed Jacks again. Thanks!
12 Monkey's is an OUTSTANDING movie. Willis actually acts, Pitt before he was famous playing a crazy man (who I have known and he NAILED it).. the sets... the legendary "hamster scene".....
Its fantastic!
True, but watch that possessive. Plurals don't use apostrophes.
The "Blueberry Hill" scene... Oh, my god...
@@beachcomber2008 stupid speech to text. Thanks
@@chefsanders9151 I didn't know speech to text did CAPS. (I'm off!).
Bruce Willis best performance
My all time favorite single scene is from the Fisher King when the whole train station starts dancing and we follow Robin and Amanda as the weave their way through. It really gave you a glimpse of what was going through the mind of Perry.
Standout scene from a fantastic film. Love the Chinese restaurant bit too..👍
one of the best scenes ever filmed
Brazil is on my list, at the end of the movie I couldn't help but think that it was an interpretation of 1984 that was ultimately better than what a screen play of 1984 ever could.
Brazil was written in 1929, 19 years before Orwell wrote 1984.
@@grahamthompson2594 You mean the song, not the movie Brazil?
Brazil makes more sense as the information age matures into a total reality.
And Baron Munchausen has a powerful strain of Don Quixote.
@@starseed96 The song has absolutely nothing to do with the movie.
More like "bullies Gilliam into making a list" in the way that you don't even realize till afterwards - the good doctor's essential skill, or one of them. Apparently Terry is a Vincent Van Gogh fan, good to know, suffering for the art and all that.
There is usually a difference between one's concept of 10 perfect movies and their 10 favorite movies.
Hear hear
Can't have a Top Ten without Brazil!
The ONLY problem I have with Brazil is the sound. It's really not very good. I know it's very picky of me but movies from the 60's have better sound effects than Brazil.
@@bertroost1675 the visuals are awesome though.
@@felipedeornelas8054 I agree. It's a great film but I kinda wish they re-mix the sound.
@@bertroost1675 I will pay more attention next time I watch it. My first time was actually just a couple of months ago.
@@felipedeornelas8054 It's not super horrible but (for example) the first explosion, the one with a woman pushing the stroller, the sound is way too shrill. Not a good sound at all for an explosion. No bass to it.
"Nobody's me Terry" -Mark Kermode
Good, that's good.
I spent time with Jerry Lewis' first wife(a story in itself), but one of the things I had to ask her was about "The Day the Clown Cried", the project that basically scuppered Jerry Lewis' career as a film director. The film was not finished. Jerry had a completed script and filmed enough to assemble a rough edit, but had one of his breakdowns/heart attacks or something causing him to walk away from the whole thing. His ex-wife contended that if the project had been completed, Jerry would have swept the Oscars as director/actor. I've seen clips without sound from the shoot, but it was mostly "Making of" footage. For a legendary rumored project, it has only really been an open topic for the last 25 years or so. Jerry's ex-was dumfounded that I had even heard about the project as it was a topic that the JL camp deliberately avoided(until Roberto Benigni's Oscar). The only person I know who definitely saw the assemble footage was Harry Shearer. Maybe one day AI can finish it.
@@JordiH69 Bob Hope used to show up at the Ralph’s in Toluca Lake in the middle of the day in a limousine, he would then walk around the store with the aid of a cart loudly singing. He’s never put anything in the cart. He’d finish the song and get back in the limousine. The Ralph’s employees were used to it. “That just Bob”. As if that weren't weird enough. Some customers were spending the day at my record store and went to Boston Market in Burbank. While standing in line, they noticed, much to their amazement that Bob was in line ahead of them. Surprised, they asked him "Hey, aren't you Bob Hope?" and Bob responded "Get away from me you fucking moron". Thanks for the memories Bob. Horrible person and was only ever funny when Bing Crosby got to humiliate him and not really even then.
I love it!!!!!!! I thought I was gonna hate this. Just like Terry. Love how you honored him and us and yourself! Brilliant! And I'm even British, so I really mean brilliant!
Doesn't he know just how good the Fisher King is? That film is my favourite film of all time.
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The best use of Grand Central in any film. Cheers
yes people see things differently and i like that
Right there w/ you. Absolutely love it.
I was an extra for 2 nights of shooting at Grand Central Station for The Fisher King. I was there for the waltz. It was an extraordinary experience.
"Tell me your top 10 films FAST FAST FAST!"
"Well, I..."
"Here's MY list..."
This was awesome. Somewhere in my top 10 is Terry's 12 Monkeys - Bruce Willis' best performance, just love that film. Brazil is great as well.
i just recently rewatched it, after finding out there is a show, a tv show running into four seasons already. the movie is so good. really really excellent all round
2:42 this is one of the things that make Gilliam movies some of my favorites. And watching Gilliam movies digitally is amazing because you can pause it and look at all those details. Back on VHS, when you paused, the screen got all staticky and distorted.
Exactly. I had the image of the Johnny depp scene in the imaginarium of doctor parnassus come to mind. And the whole Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Interesting how One Eyed Jacks suddenly hit Terry. I haven't seen it myself, but love the stories of how Stanley Kubrick was originally going to direct, and showing up at Marlon's house with other actors sitting on the floor in a circle with a gong. Stanley put up with it for a bit, but finally bailed. I'd be interested now to see if Marlon did it all his own way, or was there any influences of Stanley that may have seeped in?
In Brando's 1979 Playboy interview, he told the story of what finally broke Kubrick. They'd been batting the script back and forth for weeks, and Kubrick finally said, "Marlon, what's this picture about?" and Brando was thinking, Now you're asking me?!? So he snapped back, "Stanley, it's about the $300,000 dollars I already paid Karl Malden to wait for us and not accept a different movie!" Kubrick says if that's what it's about, I'm in the wrong picture. He walks out. Brando is told by the producer that if he can't find another director in a week, the picture is dead. So Brando nominated himself and made the movie.
LOL - Thanks! That sounds like pure Brando to me! LOL
There were four screenwriters associated with One-Eyed Jacks. Two were officially credited. One was Guy Trosper who also wrote the screenplays for Birdman of Alcatraz and The Spy Who Came In from the Cold and the other was Calder Willingham, who also wrote Paths of Glory and The Graduate. The two uncredited writers were Rod Serling and Sam Peckinpah. Four A-list screenwriters.
Man, Gilliam is so comfy to listen to, while Kermode has such a stressful energy. Fascinating interview nonetheless.
If I did this we'd be whittling down to 10 all day, with me probably remembering more movies more quickly than we can whittle them off.
Not in order: Mirror (Tarkovsky, this is my all-time #1 however), Harold and Maude (Ashby), Long Day's Journey into Night (Lumet; much Lumet in fact), Jacob's Ladder (Lyne, so envious of the writing), Fantasia 2000 (Disney), Metropolis (the anime, Rintaro), Tombstone (Cosmatos and Kurt Russell, "I'm you're Huckleberry"), Stalker (Tarkovsky), one scene in particular in Nostaghia (Tarkovsky), Beanpole (a recent discovery, currently very enthused and impressed, Balagov), Angel at my Table (Campion), Picnic at Hanging Rock (Weir), Cries & Whispers (Bergman), In the Bedroom (Field, stunning performances by Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson), Santa Sangre (Jodorowsky, the only film I still want to watch by him), Airplane! (Abrahams, Zucker, and pretty much anything else they did), Fitzcarraldo (Herzog, the only thing I like by him, except probably the remake of Nosferatu), Come and See (Klimov), The Thing (Carpenter, and much else besides), Videodrome (Cronenberg), Barton Fink (Coen), &c. My favorite Gilliam film is probably Fisher King, with 12 Monkeys right up there. I frankly also really like Jabberwocky. Was that 10?
Picnic at Hanging Rock is terrific, I’m so glad I stumbled on it. Great list!
@@unclvinny I got to see it in college on the big screen in one of those "Foreign Film Series" things that colleges do. Nice to see it big style. Like the movie River's Edge, Picnic at Hanging Rock seems to have layer after layer after layer of meaning; you can just keep digging down into it and discovering more.
Except you left ou Andrei Rublev. 😂
@@lpowers You mean Alexei Gherman's "Hard to be a God". :)
Tarkovsky is obviously always "deft" and both Ivan's Childhood and Andrei Rublev are statements. But it is not until Solaris that he discovers his "thing" and then perfects it in Mirror, Stalker, and Nostalghia. The "personal" change he undergoes when making a film not in Russia (for Nostalghia) begins to affect his judgment in that movie, and he has completely lost his way for Sacrifice. this is my too-brief summary.
Meanwhile, the "Russian medievalism" in Gherman's "Hard to be a Good" is utterly staggering. It's like the opposite of Tarkovsky and completely full of its own genius for that very reason. Khrustalyov, My Car! is super-really good too. Gherman was getting better and better as he went along. We're fortunate that Hard to be a God was completed.
Very interesting and eclectic list. Haven’t seen some of them, but I can see that you appreciate the truly weird as well as the silly. I must say that Jacob’s Ladder and Videodrome were 2 of the most disturbing films I have ever seen. Both are truly masterful works that set out to unmoor you and do. They’ll haunt you for days.
The Day the Clown Cried is the unreleased Jerry Lewis film. The tagline was something like "He makes them laugh as he leads them to the gas chamber" Catchy!
Another story of a clown and the concentration camps was filmed and earned an Oscar for Roberto Benigni, in the film “Life Is Beautiful” (1998).
I'm not saying they are the same film but the similarity can't be denied.
@@charlie-obrien Yes, I've seen it. I don't think he was actually a clown but I see your point. Jerry's film needs to be released. Maybe on some streaming service?
I wonder who owns the rights to this film? I am sure I've seen snippets of this film.
I have no clue why people think Jerry Lewis is good. He downright sucks.
@@andrewa9694 Apparently Lewis donated an unfinished copy to the Library of Congress just a few years ago, before his death in 2017. He said that it should not be screened until at least 2024, so we might see it sooner than we think!
Mark is in love with his own voice. He needs to remember it's not about him.
Did they break Terry's hand to get to his movie list?
What's the matter with the bloody cameraman? Starting to feel slightly seasick.
I've just ordered the Arrow version of One Eyed Jacks. Thank you Terry #1 for being a Python and #2 an awesome director and producer of wonderful movies.
Here is a good discussion; would Python have been the phenom it became without Gilliam's strange twist of art and humor to offset the very British sketches the others performed?
Arrow Video releases are pretty incredible for the passionate collector. Along with the Criterion Collection, I've got several of each myself.
The scene with the clocks in Pinnochio is darn-near hypnotic.
For me, I loved the moments when the fairy appeared as I found all the blues and silvers so hypnotic. Also when the whale Tokyo Drifts into a bunch of rocks. It looks fantastic.
Interviewer: Let's cut to a picture of each movie he mentions.
Terry: Disney
Interviewer: Nope
Excaliber, the absolute best telling of the story.
The apartment is on my top 10. Such a wonderful written film. Great lines throughout.
always wondered who changed the sheets
It’s one of the few movies with a perfect ending!
Billy Wilder will always be remembered as one of the great directors. His movies can draw anyone in.
My top 10 is over 75 movies. One of the biggest riddles in math, but true.
I think this goes for many people.
After I read the inaugural AFI 100 I started a list that I abandoned at around 250. Growing up in a 'biz family' has repercussions.
Mine too. And honestly, it kinda puzzles me that people can have favorite films. I have like 20 favorite films all tied at number 1
@@rafaelandrade7627 Love it. That's my kind of math! Now, all we need is a scientist who is willing to prove the logic. ;)
All film directors put 8 1/2 in their list. I'll never be a film director.
I'm not a film director either but I will always watch certain movies again and again to enjoy revisiting the craft of everyone involved. 8 1/2 is all about that craft...and is due another revisit!
@@davidsanderson5918 I tried 8 1/2 a couple of times over the years and I find La Dolce Vita MUCH more satisfying and memorable. Honestly, I find Fellini's Roma more haunting and memorable than 8 1/2, too.
It's kinda odd how they think. They (directors) all praise, as we viewers do as well, the best directors of all time, but when directors actually talk about their top 10 or favorite films, Kubrick, Chaplin, Tarkovsky, Kurosawa (yes I realize Seven Samurai was mentioned here), Leone..etc... are largely not talked about. Even today, many Directors hail Lars Von Trier as the best Director alive today, yet his films are rarely talked about further amongst the industry...
Off the top of my head...The Music Man, In the Heat of the Night, 12 Angry Men, Sunset Boulevard, Godfather 2, Man who Shot Liberty Valance, 2001, Goodfellas, White Heat and Of Mice and Men, ( 1939. )
How can you sneak Paths of Glory into the list and not talk about it!?? Or did the camera operator forget to hit record during that segment?
I was wondering the same thing, I only noticed it as I read the notepad.
This was quite interesting, though the interviewer should let the other guys speak without interrupting so much.
“I really hate it when people ask me to do a top ten list.”
“That’s understandable, so anyway what would be in your top ten list?”
This is like a therapy session for someone who's been procrastinating a homework assignment
All of Terry Gilliam's movies are in the "guilty pleasures" bucket for me.
Rod Serling uncredited screenplay for 'One Eyed Jacks' plus 3 others, novel by Charles Neider
Rod Serling also started The Planet of the Apes, until it got too expensive, but they kept his iconic Statue of
Gilliam's greatest films are Brazil, Life Of Brian (Writer and art director), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (co director with Terry Jones), 12 Monkeys, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, Time Bandits.
Maybe I’m wrong… It’s probably because of the way he grew up… But he didn’t name one movie made after 1970… And there are at least 100 amazing fucking movies made after 1970
Oh, yes. I had never imagined I would agree so completely with this list.
I love One Eyed Jacks. One of my favorites as well. My dad and I used to watch it from time to time.
My 10 favorites off the top of my head - probably forgot a bunch:
- Some Like it Hot
- Singing in the Rain
- Taxi Driver
- Spirited Away
- 12 Monkeys
- The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
- Unforgiven
- Blade Runner (I even consider the sequel as well)
- Parasite
- There Will Be Blood
I actually Really appreciate Blade Runner 2049, even slightly more than the original. There Will Be Blood is one of my favorites as well, and Unforgiven is a given. I own all 4 I mentioned. My Top 10 are above,see if U recognize any of them. 😉
I think it's impossible to be carved in stone but off the top of my head:
Citizen Kane
Cinema Paradiso
Dr. Strangelove
Withnail and I
Spirited Away
Old Boy
Big Lebowski
Solaris (the Russian '72 movie)
No Country for Old Men
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
What, none of the Police Academys?
Terry Gilliam - what a delight to hear his top 10
Does Terry make himself available so freely? I was so pleased to see his rise in the last season of Python, and become an absolute necessity in the group's movies. He's a man of high principles and quality cinema art.
I have, however, met Grahame Chapman!
So many great movies mentioned here and in the comments. I love Seven Samurai, but I’d place Harakiri above it if we are to talk about samurai films. In the modern era, I’d add Unforgiven, No Country For Old Men, and, a very close to the top for me, Children of Men.
I agree with Citizen Kane and Seventh Seal. I would add La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (1928)...there is something about Reneé Jeanne Falconetti’s acting in that one...
And guilty pleasure? I get a kick out Drop Dead Gorgeous, Deadpool, and anything by Mel Brooks. I’m curious as to what some of your guilty pleasures are?
I would have loved to see them discuss The Seven Samurai in depth. Instead they showed an image of The Seventh Seal and moved on.
"You have to do this and that and here's the rules and we're going to..."
There'd have to be more in it for me than a few pints to sit and listen to that guy.
One Eyed Jacks - great choice!!!! LOOOVE that film.
It's shot so voluptuously for a "Western." And just out of balance, maybe, that keeps visual interest. I know the area they used and the light is spot on.
@@hugh-johnfleming289" It's shot so voluptuously for a "Western." " -your comment
What the hell does that mean?
are there more videos like these ?
Thank you Terry Gilliam for everything
Gilliam, you are star; the standard of artwork in Pinocchio is second to none. Thought I was the only one waxing lyrical about it. Oh, yes, thank you for The Fisher King and Brazil.
I'm not going to lie but even as a child in the sixties Terry Gilliam's animation was my favourite part of Monty Python.....still is!
Yeah, I especially liked the Gilliam movie where one of the pythons kept feeding the other python with an inordinate amount of food in that restaurant, to the point where he got so big that he ended up exploding. Sublime. Absolutely sublime.
Nice to see Billy Wilder get recognized 😀
Sweet conversation with a legend.
MP and the HG, MASH, Slapshot, and my #1 - Evil Roy Slade!
When he mentioned guilty pleasures, Evil Roy Slade was the first to come to mind. I have no business loving that movie as much as I do!
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I'd loved this. Fingers crossed the rest of the series is on TH-cam.
did I miss where he talks about Paths of Glory?
Eh ?
Exactly. Paths of Glory would have been on the list if he wasn't being stubborn and childish and outrageous with this guy. Or maybe he was full of it when he talked about Paths of Glory in the other video.
@@stephendeluca4479 Paths of Glory did make the list. #8
The OP is noting that Paths of Glory is on the list, but there was no discussion of it.
I'm guessing it was edited out.
@@talastra Yes!
I believe the Jerry Lewis movie is called "The Day the Clown Cried".
He forgot to mention "Cats" and "Xanadu". An oversight, no doubt.
1. Biutiful
2. Chariots of Fire
3. On The Waterfront
4. Motorcycle Diaries
5. Tree Of Life
6. The Petrified Forest
7. Cool Hand Luke
8. The Elephant Man
9. Spotlight
10. Brother Sun, Sister Moon
...just in case anyone cared...😁💚
I do nice list mate.
Thanks.
Excellent “episode” and entertaining look into Terry Gilliam
The Apartment and Seven Samurai, great movies!
This is mostly Mark's list really...
the French interest in Jerry Lewis is because he was producing/directing/writing, they liked him for the auteur theory he represents not for the particular films content
The French thought he was a comedic genius, a Chaplin, no?
This is the kind of discussion that film critics' societies go through every time they get together to dole out awards.
Surprisingly canonical. Half of these could have come from a Sight & Sound poll.
The Apartment is such a great movie.
Lemon and McLain were magical.
Absolutely. Bob Lemon and Denny McLain were two of baseball's best pitchers!
for Wilder,I'd take either Sunset Blvd. or Some Like it Hot.
:50 same. Maybe I could pick a top ten list of favorite 80s comedies, favorite animated movies, or favorite weird post modern movies; which of course would be dominated by Gilliam and Jean Pierre Jeunet. Same with music; hell, I have a hard time just picking my favorite 10 songs of 2022.
The Criterion version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Brazil are in my top 10.
I laugh like a maniac every time I see FaL. When it first came out I saw it in the theater 3 times and was the only one laughing through the whole thing, except for a few people laughing at me. I'm not even sure that it's a comedy. It is to me.
@@gregorysgarrison The three commentaries on FaL are a must listen
@@gregorysgarrison you must have experience of psychedelics...
@@dhollsynthmusic In my youth I was a circumnavigator of the human consciousness.
What is the film in the opening shot of the video?
Deliverance, Die Hard, Chinatown, Easy Rider, Goldfinger, To live and Die in L.A.Airplane, Alien, Taxi Driver, Dirty Harry, and the Final Destination series.
Fisher King is my number one.
It’s definitely on my short list. It never fails to move me and it’s not treacly at all
Are there any more of these filmmakers top 10's by kermode ??
If background artwork is criteria, I'm surprised Terry didn't have a Wes Anderson vehicle to toss in. Out of the gate you can pause on the five year plan notebook in Bottle Rocket and get lost in fantastic details.
It's really the "top ten" that comes to mind.
If Terry gave the interview a month later there would probably be quite a few changes.
Isn't it interesting that most of the films' major players are no longer with us? No hurt feelings that way.
Why would anyone mention Wes Anderson in a top 10 ever?
Too recent, for one reason. Let's see if any of his movies stand the test of time.
Well, both The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Brazil are on my list, so...
Same here - and "Time Bandits" of course!
10. The Wicker Man (1973) [Final Cut]
9. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
8. Misery
7. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
6. The Terminator
5. Back To The Future
4. Alien [Theatrical Cut]
3. The Silence Of The Lambs
2. A Clockwork Orange
1. The Green Mile
Er, where's 'Aliens'?
@@weztait39 I could only choose 10 and in my opinion it isn't good enough to be on there but it's a excellent movie.
A Clockwork Orange? Even Burgess hated that movie.
@@jamesanthony5681 No he didn't. There's videos of him on TH-cam praising it and King didn't like the Shining and authors are obviously going to be bias and particularly sensitive to any changes even ones for the better to their work so even though Burgess liked it, it wouldn't matter if he didn't.
@@Mr.Goodkat I distinctly remember a TV documentary with Burgess on his life and his work around 1980, I guess it was, and he said he didn't like what Kubrick had done with Clockwork Orange. It wasn't a mild dislike, and I can only gather there were periods in his life where he admired what Kubrick had done with his novel, and other times where he hated the film.
On his list of 10 best films _Eight And A Half_ should be # 8.5.
Couldn't agree with that list but i can see why TG would like them. I've seen Blow up any 40 times (yes really) and Groundhog Day about 20 times and Space 2001 around 20 times. I loved Its a Mad Mad world (seen it about a dozen times). Fargo - about ten times. My guilty pleasure is Under Siege.
Brazil, Time Bandits and Baron Munchausen are very high on my list. I've seen the 1974 Day of the Jackal many times and i never tire of it. Amelie is one of the few foreign films I adore. Can i be forgiven for really liking Jailhouse Rock? Can i also be forgiven for loving A Fish Called Wanda? I know Hail Caesar was a bit of a flop and I can't stand Clooney, who I think is a miserable fraud, but I really liked that film on so many levels.("Would that it were"....). Who couldn't love The Producers or Young Frankenstein? If you don't like those films, you don't have a pulse. There's about 12 movies. They're not too highbrow and obviously, you can see I like comedies. Nursery's films like the Seventh Seal and Citizen Kane just depressed me. I go to the movies to be transported to a happy fantasy world. Shindler's list, whilst wonderful is too upsetting. Why do people want to see these films? Isn't they're enough sadness in the world?
Was this filmed in the 1990's? It has the 90's camerawork and editing clichés. Fun, though.
Brazil used to be in the 5-10 range for me but now it just sits in a top 100-200 (could be 50 but I'm not sure)
I call it a top ten-ish, and it is fluid and sometimes mood will affect it, it's fine, Terry, geez, have some favorite movies, don't get stuck on the number or make it feel like a competition, just tell us some favorites, fuck
hey, Pinnocchio is one of my favorites too! maybe favorite Disney
It's in my top 10 because of the name: *Brazil* .
Now, if he had named it Venezuela, or Chad or Madagascar, then no dice.
@@jamesanthony5681 The Fisher King and Baron Munchausen are masterpieces
Great video. Key point though, JERRY himself, put the stops to "The Day the Clown Cried". He was doped up on percs while he was making it and in a moment of clarity decided he'd made a mistake. He spent a lot of money to insure he was the only one with any print of the uncompleted film. It is said, it's to be released some time after his passing. I just can't remember the year it is to hapen.
I've found that I can't even stop at ten of my favorite directors, let alone movies.
It must be nice being Terry Gilliam because then you don't have to debate which gilliam movie should go on the list! 😂.
Glad to see The Apartment on the list. It is well respected but somehow criminally underrated at the same time. For me, top slots go to Some Like It Hot and Singin in the Rain, two of the best films ever made, and also my favorites. Now i have to see what my list would be....
Love the interviewer and his lovely fun chat with Gilliam! One for the archive.
Just saw One Eyed Jacks after watching this - it’s a fun movie! Much better than either this interviewer or even Gilliam are giving it credit for. Interesting to see Brando’s choices as a director. Seaside setting was pretty refreshing for a Western.
Did you know Kubrick was asked to direct it originally?
The more movies I watch(or re-watch), my list changes. But as of 5/12/21, my top 10 is:
*Describing why I love it, no plots here:
1. The Prince of Egypt(1998). I love Biblical epics and this is animated movie about Moses is the best if you ask me. Moving beyond words, gorgeous animation, and simply powerful.
2. Life Itself(2014). As a movie fan and Roger Ebert fan, I couldn't get enough of this and played many parts over again. I watched the first half at night but I had to watch the rest the next day as a result.
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968). This is what movies were made for. Yes, I know there is a novel of it(I have it even), but the visuals are mesmerizing and create the ultimate movie experience. If you WATCH 2001, it's a bore. EXPERIENCE it as it's fascinating beyond words.
4.Citizen Kane(1941). The greatest movie ever made, of course, but not my FAVORITE. Still, it cracks the top 10. I shouldn't have to say anymore, Terry nailed it here!
5. The Courtship of Eddie's Father(1963). I actually watched this for the first time from start to finish exactly a week ago. (TCM aired it on Thanksgiving but I had to miss the 2nd half.) Simply put, I feel joy watching it, and I think it's the best "Family" movie I have ever seen. I will hold back on saying "ever made". ,
6. Precious(2009). A heartbreaking story but one of the most powerful I have seen. Not many movies make me cry, but Precious made me broke down. I once wrote a review of Precious and I didn't know how to end it. I finally came up with "I hope I forget my name before I forget this powerful masterpiece."
7. Toy Story(1995). This is technically a spot for my favorite secular animated movies, but if I had to choose one, it would be Toy Story. I used to watch it all the time as a kid, and so there's probably no exaggeration in saying I have literally seen it 100 times.
Today I have those memories and now I appreciate the animation, considering it was the first fully computer animated film. Also, it actually makes me cry now because it makes me think of my now deceased sister. It's bittersweet, but in a way it makes me appreciate it more.
8. My Fair Lady(1964). I love musicals and this is my favorite! I have probably seen it over a dozen times. I've watched only parts of many times too(ie catching it on TCM), because that's just as worth it! It's definitely one of my "perfect" movies.
9. Juno(2007). Again, "perfect" movie. Cleverly written and I love every minute. It's very funny too. When I first watched it, I tried to pick one nit pick, and I really couldn't. Juno's PG-13 F bomb may be the closest, I am serious, I couldn't find anything else.
10. The Night of the Hunter(1955). This was deemed too dark at the time, and the Oscars seemed to neglect it. Too bad, this suspenseful horror movie is a masterpiece. "Leeeeeeaning. Leeeeeaning. Safe and secure from ALL ALARMS..."
How many movies have you seen?
@@JohnDaubSuperfan369 At least 10
I thought this dude was British for years. SHOCKING I will never look at Monty Python the same way 😜
British? LOL.
he might as well be. being a member of monty python makes you honorary british i think
@@iconoclast137 he has a British citizenship now. He renounced his US citizen ship following the war in Iraq.
@@iododendron3416 i know how he feels
Brazil. The only film that i have ever watched well over a hundred times
Seven Samurai and Seventh Seal are on my top too. But Kubrick's big three are certainly on my list: 2001, Clockwork Orange, Dr. Strangelove. After that, I'd have to fill it in with The 39 Steps, The Thin Man, Scrooge (1951), Babette's Feast, and ... dunno, it probably would be either The Gay Divorcee or Top Hat or The Life of Brian or Arsenic and Old Lace .... Too many choices. Citizen Kane definitely great but I don't like to watch it much. Maybe Elevator to the Gallows by Louis Malle? That's an amazing film.
Arsenic and Old Lace is a top contender for funniest film of all time. For me, it's between that and Bringing Up Baby. (There are also some really good Finnish scewballs, but they're rather context-specific.)
My go-to Kurosawa is Throne of Blood. The Seventh Seal might make it. The Great Beauty was an unexpected aesthetic epiphany that actually made me cry. Fallen Angels was my first Wong Kar-Wai (or indeed artsy film) experience as a teenager, and its escalator and night time city scenes left their mark. I'd also probably include some Fellini and Ettore Scola (La terrazza?), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf for capturing the tension of a chamber play. For the most memorable recent experience in theatre, Roy Andersson's About Endlessness really caught me off guard (probably wouldn't have had that impact at home, though).
But yeah, it gets really difficult to compare between very different films. There's also the (predictable) best spaghetti westerns and Kubricks to consider; some musical (My Fair Lady); something like My Night at Maud's or Léon Morin, priest; Star Wars; Kieslowski's Three Colors; something from De Sica (Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow is my favorite for star power, Bicycle Thieves the "objective" pick); The Third Man; The Lives of Others; There Will Be Blood; Columbus (the ultimate visual experience); and among lesser lights, Onibaba, Amadeus, Ida and Cold War, The Reader or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (must have some Kate Winslet), as well as something from Miyazaki, Almodóvar's and Bunuel. Stalker, Blade Runner, Children of Men, Manhattan as the obligatory Woody Allen (until you get so sick of his mannerisms that even the best ones start to seem stale). Etc. etc.
And, if it qualifies, the second season of Heimat would probably be at the very top of my list.
I’d lose Clockwork Orange but raise you Paths of Glory
Wow. For Terry being one of my favorite filmmakers. I'm embarrassed to admit how few of the movies on his list I've seen. lol
I've got some homework to do.
Try the de-caf, Mark.
I'm too eclectic too. I can hardly do a top 20... The list goes on and putting one above another.. I find that shit hard.
It is hard. But life is hard, knp77. All we ask is that you do your level best.
@@jamesanthony5681 life is hard. At 44 I know very well now. Life has fucked me and I have fucked life. I am ready to rage quit every day.