An intimate look at the films of Terry Gilliam, visionary director and animator Terry Gilliam is a famously candid commentator on his own work, and in these specially recorded interviews, he reflects on how his Midwestern childhood and early career as an animator--including his work as the only American member of Monty Python--prepared him to undertake his extraordinary adventures in cinema. His films are distinctively dark, fantastic, and strangely hilarious. From the medieval mock-epicMonty Python and the Holy Grail to the mythic, paranoid worlds ofThe Fisher King ,Twelve Monkeys , andFear and Loathing in Las Vegas , Gilliam has pursued a totally personal, uncompromising vision. This has led to legendary battles with studios and financiers, notably overThe Adventures of Baron Munchausen andBrazil , which is now widely considered a classic. The book includes Gilliam's storyboards for the films--a unique glimpse at his creative process--along with his original cartoons and black-and-white photographs throughout.
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