I had the pleasure of working with Terry for six months when he directed 12 Monkies. He is just as nice as he is good. It was smoething I'll remember forever
His creations were felt before I knew his name. The stamp of gloominess in cinematography from TV shows to all his movies, I didn't realize until decades later, all came from this man. A director that can set images in your head from childhood to adulthood is truly a master with his creation. I love British humor because of this man. Thank you Vogan for more insight on this man.
oh great share man :) thanks, I saw the movie and his vision passed on to me very well but I was kind of down not knowing exactly if I had understood it so this helped me a lot get the whole idea behind the movie, great movie, a must see :)
@raxsteve I don't know about that, but you could definitely draw parallels between Brazil and the Crimson Permanent Assurance sequence from Meaning of Life.
No sir, I perfectly understood this film. I wrote those two words because PJinSoCal (the guy I was relpying to) used them in his comment. That's also why I wrote them with quotation marks.
Amazing proof of how an American guy picks up lilts of a British English accent after spending so much time there... What he says is plainly right, though now impossible to erase from society. We just need to come to terms with all these new technologies and use them as best as we can. I'm sure Terry would agree.
"Brazil" isn't supposed to be 100% serious, it's Gilliam's satire, it doesn't fail because making a "dramatic story" isn't its goal. And besides, if you want to see a "serious" and "adult" version of this film, it actually exists. It's called "1984".
He totally would have been true to the books... And even though the latter ones would be to big to fit everything in, he would definitely pick the right things to show.
@Trajan3876 Mind articulating why you would want anonymity? Surely you have heard of the famous Stanford prison experiment? Anonymity, subversion of individuality, often leads to abominable acts.
Actually, Terry wanted to direct the Harry Potter movies. If he had they would have been damn good, not the unimaginative shite we got from Chris Columbus.
Here we are in 2021: " Take our jab , or we'll put you in the medical industrial complex. If you hold out to long it may even jeopardize your credit ratings".
Yeah thats all fine and good but what about Monty Python? how can you have an interview with Terry Gilliam and not ask him about Monty Python? It doesnt matter what the interview is about
Too bad Gilliam never really made anything that surpassed Brazil. He seems to be a director who has been incapable of reeling in his excesses and tell a compelling story. If I believed in Hell it would locked in room (shades of No Exit) with Baron Munchausen playing on an enternal loop. Dr. Pernasus was only watchable for Tom Waits and Lily Cole. Now I hear he's resurrecting the Quixote film? It's naming one's ship Titanic 2--This Time Really Unsinkable. Poor Terry. He can't smell his own BS.
I understood what the movie was about and what Gilliam wanted to achieve, but I thought most events in the film were foreseeable, that the imagery was lacking originality, that the song was harshly overplayed, and that the entire ordeal felt childish - in a bad way.
I had the pleasure of working with Terry for six months when he directed 12 Monkies. He is just as nice as he is good. It was smoething I'll remember forever
I met him at a charity do, he was suprisingly down to earth and VERY funny.
To see this interview now, in 2024... How right he was. His fears came true.
How could terry have known how right he was going to be, even 20 years down the road. Great Sci-Fi always comes true. Brazil is here now.
He's been making a sequel :)
The Zero Theorem - Official Trailer (2014)
Cathy Vogan I'm pretty sure it's not an actual direct sequel but a spiritual successor. The city looks way to diffrent from the Brazil movie.
Bullshit.
After six yers you wrote this... I would say, more and more!!!
the greatest movie ever made, BRAZIL!
I second that!
such a powerful film. so beautiful, but so depressing I can only watch it once a decade, but everyone should see it. everyone.
What a genius and true artist you are Mr. Gilliam
His creations were felt before I knew his name. The stamp of gloominess in cinematography from TV shows to all his movies, I didn't realize until decades later, all came from this man. A director that can set images in your head from childhood to adulthood is truly a master with his creation. I love British humor because of this man. Thank you Vogan for more insight on this man.
Terry Gilliam is a genius, and I fucking love him. Greatest filmmaker alive!... that's not an opinion, that's a fact!
Mr Terry Gilliam is just a God.One of the most open minded I know on earth.He's just amazing.
Excellent interview, and nice editing as well. My hat off to you sir.
"We're building this gigantic organism, which we're just little bits and pieces, little nerve endings within that." Scary stuff.
Amazingly intelligent and creative man, you would wish you had half the vision he has.
is the opening music the theme from david lynch's DUNE? im fairly sure
'tis
Terry Gilliam is fantastic. He's seen so much (undeserved) failure yet he still continues to make movies.
Terry is a fantastic thinker / director 1:20 but mainly a great person. World would not be the same without
Nice touch with the DUNE theme.
He's a genius. He seems to be on the same grounds as I, when it comes to society.
I love Terry's directing but I prefer his acting. He's a great actor and is soooooooooooo cute!!!
oh great share man :) thanks, I saw the movie and his vision passed on to me very well but I was kind of down not knowing exactly if I had understood it so this helped me a lot get the whole idea behind the movie, great movie, a must see :)
Terry is a brilliant bloke I love his films
Brilliant!
my favorite director!
THANKS
Scary thoughts from a brilliant mind.
Brazil is a really good film
Terry Gilliams 'Brazil' is more topical and important now than it was in the 80's...
@raxsteve
I don't know about that, but you could definitely draw parallels between Brazil and the Crimson Permanent Assurance sequence from Meaning of Life.
incredible
Anonymity, is the greatest way to get ahead! It s a slow process..but it works!
No sir, I perfectly understood this film. I wrote those two words because PJinSoCal (the guy I was relpying to) used them in his comment. That's also why I wrote them with quotation marks.
his ideas about how bureaucracy and paper work remove any complicated relationships and how they reduce people to numbers is refreshing.
Hey, that's just what the guy in the film wanted! I'm sure you have achieved anonymity Trajan3876, and I hope you enjoy your return there.
Terry Gilliam is the man.
A REAL HUMAN!!!!
Amazing proof of how an American guy picks up lilts of a British English accent after spending so much time there...
What he says is plainly right, though now impossible to erase from society. We just need to come to terms with all these new technologies and use them as best as we can.
I'm sure Terry would agree.
"Brazil" isn't supposed to be 100% serious, it's Gilliam's satire, it doesn't fail because making a "dramatic story" isn't its goal.
And besides, if you want to see a "serious" and "adult" version of this film, it actually exists. It's called "1984".
He totally would have been true to the books... And even though the latter ones would be to big to fit everything in, he would definitely pick the right things to show.
lol...you're Great, Terry... i wonder if u know about the Venus Project...
Poo-Poo films...haha..hilarious... that was awesome thinking.. :)))
i agree
3:00 interesting. I catch myself doing the same thing when jamming on the bass.
To be open-minded isn't enough to be free. Think about it.
-R78
Yes, it looks vaguely Klingon with that ridge running down the center.
A more "serious" and "adult"? you clearly dont understand it, this is the most critical and satirical movie taht quiestions the whole social system
where are his eyebrows?
@Trajan3876
Mind articulating why you would want anonymity? Surely you have heard of the famous Stanford prison experiment? Anonymity, subversion of individuality, often leads to abominable acts.
Actually, Terry wanted to direct the Harry Potter movies. If he had they would have been damn good, not the unimaginative shite we got from Chris Columbus.
Here we are in 2021: " Take our jab , or we'll put you in the medical industrial complex. If you hold out to long it may even jeopardize your credit ratings".
Yeah thats all fine and good but what about Monty Python? how can you have an interview with Terry Gilliam and not ask him about Monty Python? It doesnt matter what the interview is about
Too bad Gilliam never really made anything that surpassed Brazil. He seems to be a director who has been incapable of reeling in his excesses and tell a compelling story. If I believed in Hell it would locked in room (shades of No Exit) with Baron Munchausen playing on an enternal loop. Dr. Pernasus was only watchable for Tom Waits and Lily Cole. Now I hear he's resurrecting the Quixote film? It's naming one's ship Titanic 2--This Time Really Unsinkable. Poor Terry. He can't smell his own BS.
Brazil is Richistan
I like Gilliam's films. But here-this interview-he seems borderline incoherent as if all the ideas are coming at him at once.
Which is what J.K. Rowling always wanted. Too bad they went with the competent but lame Chris Columbus instead.
That forehead.....
i Love Terry
i hate Brazil
I understood what the movie was about and what Gilliam wanted to achieve, but I thought most events in the film were foreseeable, that the imagery was lacking originality, that the song was harshly overplayed, and that the entire ordeal felt childish - in a bad way.